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New International Version NIV
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
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“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
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But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
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“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law';
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For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36 and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'
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a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 He 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.
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“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
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Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
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