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But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.
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Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
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For I have come to put a man 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 will be hated by those of his house.
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He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
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And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
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He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
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He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
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He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
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And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.