Matthew 10:16-39

16Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

17But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

18and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

19But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

20For ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

21But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;

22and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, he shall be saved.

23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

24The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

25[It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

26Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be known.

27What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

28And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;

30but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

31Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows.

32Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

34Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

35For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;

36and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies.

37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

38And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

39He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.