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Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
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But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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And a man's foes [will be] they of his own household.
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He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
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And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.
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He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
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He that receiveth you, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
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He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.
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And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.