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"1Brother will betraybrother to death, and a father his child; and 2children will rise up againstparents and cause them to be put to death.
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"3You will be hated by allbecause of My name, but 4it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
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"But whenever they 5persecute you in onecity, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel6until the Son of Mancomes.
The Meaning of Discipleship
24"7A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slaveabove his master.
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"It is enough for the disciple that he becomelike his teacher, and the slavelike his master. 8If they have called the head of the house9Beelzebul, howmuchmore will they malign the members of his household!
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"Therefore do not 10fear them, 11for there is nothingconcealed that will not be revealed, orhidden that will not be known.
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"12What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim13upon the housetops.
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"Do not fearthose who kill the body but are unable* to kill the soul; but rather14fear Him who is able to destroybothsoul and body in 15hell.
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"16Are not twosparrowssold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the groundapart from your Father.
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"But 17the veryhairs of your head are allnumbered.
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"So do not fear; 18you are morevaluable than manysparrows.