Matthew 10:30-40

30 And all the hairs of your head be numbered.
31 Therefore do not ye dread; ye be better than many sparrows.
32 Therefore every man that shall acknowledge me before men, [and] I shall acknowledge him before my Father that is in heavens.
33 But he that shall deny me before men, and I shall deny him before my Father that is in heavens [and I shall deny him before my Father which is in heavens].
34 Do not ye deem, that I came to send peace into earth [Do not ye deem, that I came to send peace into the earth]; I came not to send peace, but sword.
35 For I came to part a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the son's wife against the husband's mother;
36 and the enemies of a man be they, that be at home with him.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy to me [is not worthy of me].
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy to me [is not worthy of me].
39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
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