Matthew 10:32-42 ▼

32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before people, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

33 But whoever denies me before people, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

34 |Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 And a person's foes will be those of his own household.

37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

39 Whoever seeks his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

41 The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. The one who receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

42 And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.|