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And even the hairs of your head are all counted.
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So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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"Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven;
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but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
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"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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and one's foes will be members of one's own household.
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Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
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and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
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"Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.