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"1You will be hated by allbecause of My name, but 2it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
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"But whenever they 3persecute you in onecity, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel4until the Son of Mancomes.
The Meaning of Discipleship
24"5A 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. 6If they have called the head of the house7Beelzebul, howmuchmore will they malign the members of his household!
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"Therefore do not 8fear them, 9for there is nothingconcealed that will not be revealed, orhidden that will not be known.
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"10What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim11upon the housetops.
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"Do not fearthose who kill the body but are unable* to kill the soul; but rather12fear Him who is able to destroybothsoul and body in 13hell.
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"14Are not twosparrowssold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the groundapart from your Father.
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"But 15the veryhairs of your head are allnumbered.
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"So do not fear; 16you are morevaluable than manysparrows.
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"Therefore17everyonewhoconfesses Me beforemen, I will alsoconfess him before My Father who is in heaven.