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"So I will acknowledge in front of my Father in heaven that person who acknowledges me in front of others.
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But I will tell my Father in heaven that I don't know the person who tells others that he doesn't know me.
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"Don't think that I came to bring peace to earth. I didn't come to bring peace but conflict.
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I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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A person's enemies will be the members of his own family.
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"The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.
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Whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow me doesn't deserve to be my disciple.
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The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.
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"The person who welcomes you welcomes me, and the person who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
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The person who welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. The person who welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
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I can guarantee this truth: Whoever gives any of my humble followers a cup of cold water because that person is my disciple will certainly never lose his reward."