Matthew 10:32-39

Acknowledging Christ

32 "Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

34 Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35 For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

36 and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. ^[a]

37 The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

38 And whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow ^[b] Me is not worthy of Me.

39 Anyone finding ^[c] his life will lose it, and anyone losing ^[d] his life because of Me will find it.

Footnotes

• [a]. Mc 7:6
• [b]. Lit follow after
• [c]. Or The one who finds
• [d]. Or and the one who loses