Matthew 10:25-40

25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

26“Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.

27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.

28Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.

30But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.

31So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

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

34Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

36and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

37The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.

40“The one who welcomes you welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.