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But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.
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"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
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For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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and a man's own family will be his foes.
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Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
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and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.
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To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.
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"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.
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Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.
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And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward."