Matthew 10:17-39

17But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the 1courts and scourge you 2in their synagogues; 18and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 193But when they hand you over, 4do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. 20For 5it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21“6Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and 7children will rise up against parents and 8cause them to be put to death. 229You will be hated by all because of My name, but 10it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

23“But whenever they 11persecute you in 12one city, flee to 13the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel 14until the Son of Man comes.

24“15A 16disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. 25It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. 17If they have called the head of the house 1819Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

26“Therefore do not 20fear them, 21for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 2722What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim 23upon the housetops. 28Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather 24fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in 2526hell. 2927Are not two sparrows sold for a 28cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30But 29the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So do not fear; 30you are more valuable than many sparrows.

32“Therefore 31everyone who 32confesses Me before men, I will also confess 33him before My Father who is in heaven. 33But 34whoever 35denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

34“36Do not think that I came to 37bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I came to 38set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and 39a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

37“40He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38And 41he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 3942He who has found his 43life will lose it, and he who has lost his 44life for My sake will find it.