Matthew 10:35-42 ▼

35 my coming will occasion discord between the son and his father, between the daughter and her mother, between the daughter in law and her mother in law:

36 even a man's own domestics shall prove his foes.

37 he that loveth father or mother more than me, is unworthy of me: he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is unworthy of me.

38 and he that does not take his cross, and so follow after me, is unworthy of me.

39 he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.

40 He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him that sent me.

41 he that receives a prophet in quality of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a just man, as such, shall receive the reward of the just.

42 and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.