Matthew 10:29-39

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.^[a]

30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

34 “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 turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’^[b]

37 “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 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34
• 2. Matthew 6:26; Matthew 12:12
• 3. Romans 10:9
• 4. Mark 8:38; 2 Timothy 2:12
• 5. ver 21
• 6. Micah 7:6
• 7. Luke 14:26
• 8. Matthew 16:24; Luke 14:27
• 9. Luke 17:33; S John 12:25

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "will" ; or "knowledge"
• [b]. Micah 7:6