Matthew 10:27-37

27 "¹What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim ²upon the housetops.

28 "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable * to kill the soul; but rather ³fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in ⁴hell.

29 "⁵Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

30 "But ⁶the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 "So do not fear; ⁷you are more valuable than many sparrows.

32 "Therefore ⁸everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

33 "But ⁹whoever * denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

34 "¹⁰Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35 "For I came to ¹¹SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;

36 and ¹²A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.

37 "¹³He 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.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 12:3
• 2. Matthew 24:17; Acts 5:20
• 3. Hebrews 10:31
• 4. Matthew 5:22; Luke 12:5
• 5. Luke 12:6
• 6. 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34
• 7. Matthew 12:12
• 8. Luke 12:8; Revelation 3:5
• 9. Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; 2 Timothy 2:12
• 10. Matthew 10:34, 35: {Luke 12:51-53}
• 11. Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21; Luke 12:53
• 12. Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21
• 13. Deuteronomy 33:9; Luke 14:26

Footnotes

• [a] Gr "Gehenna"
• [b] Gr "assarion", the smallest copper coin
• [c] Lit "will confess in Me"
• [d] Lit "in him"
• [e] Lit "will deny"
• [f] Lit "cast"