Matthew 10:29-39

29 "¹Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

30 "But ²the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 "So do not fear; ³you are more valuable than many sparrows.

32 "Therefore ⁴everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

33 "But ⁵whoever * denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

34 "⁶Do 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 ⁷SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;

36 and ⁸A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.

37 "⁹He 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.

38 "And ¹⁰he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

39 "¹¹He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 12:6
• 2. 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34
• 3. Matthew 12:12
• 4. Luke 12:8; Revelation 3:5
• 5. Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; 2 Timothy 2:12
• 6. Matthew 10:34, 35: {Luke 12:51-53}
• 7. Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21; Luke 12:53
• 8. Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21
• 9. Deuteronomy 33:9; Luke 14:26
• 10. Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27
• 11. Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33; John 12:25

Footnotes

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