Matthew 10:34-42 ▼

34 Do not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.

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

36 And the enemies of the man are the members of his household.’

37 The one loving father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me, and the one loving son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me.

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

39 The one having found his life will lose it, and the one having lost his life on account of Me will find it.

40 The one receiving you? receives Me, and the one receiving Me receives the One having sent Me.

41 The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive the reward of a prophet, and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive the reward of a righteous man.

42 And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones merely a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you?, he shall certainly not lose his reward.”