Matthew 10 - Revised Standard Version(RSVCI)

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4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5 above his master;

25 like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-elzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

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29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will.

30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

31Mt 12.12. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

32Mk 8.38; Lk 9.26; Rev 3.5; 2 Tim 2.12. So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;

33but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

34 Lk 12.51-53; Mt 10.21; Mk 13.12; Mic 7.6. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35For 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;

36and a man's foes will be those of his own household.

37Lk 14.25-27; 17.33; 9.23-24; Mt 16.24-25; Mk 8.34-35; Jn 12.25. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

38and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 Lk 10.16; Jn 13.20; Gal 4.14; Mk 9.37; Mt 18.5; Lk 9.48. “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

41He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42Mk 9.41; Mt 25.40. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”