²¹^zBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ²²^aand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. ^bBut the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³When they ^cpersecute you in one town, ^dflee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ^ebefore the Son of Man comes.

²⁴^f“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant⁶ above his master. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. ^gIf they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign⁷ those of his household.

Have No Fear

²⁶“So have no fear of them, ⁱfor nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on ^jthe housetops. ²⁸And ^kdo not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him ^lwho can destroy both soul and body in hell.⁸ ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?⁹ And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰But ^meven the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Fear not, therefore; ⁿyou are of more value than many sparrows. ³²^oSo everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³but ^pwhoever denies me before men, ^qI also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Not Peace, but a Sword

³⁴^r“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ^sI have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵^rFor I have come ^tto set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶^uAnd a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. ³⁷^vWhoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And ^wwhoever does not take his cross and ^xfollow me is not worthy of me.

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Footnotes

6Or bondservant; also verse 25
7Greek lacks will they malign
8Greek Gehenna
9Greek assarion, Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)

Cross references

zver. 35, 36
ach. 24:9; John 15:18–21
bch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6
cch. 23:34
d[ch. 12:15; Acts 8:1; 9:25, 30; 14:6; 17:10, 14]
ech. 16:28
f Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20; [Heb. 12:3]
gch. 9:34; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; See John 7:20
i Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; [1 Tim. 5:25]; For ver. 26–33, see Luke 12:2–9
jSee Luke 5:19
k Isa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14
l James 4:12
mSee 1 Sam. 14:45
nch. 6:26; 12:12
o[Rom. 10:9, 10; Heb. 10:35; Rev. 3:5]
p 2 Tim. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38]
qch. 7:23; 25:12; Luke 13:25
rSee Luke 12:51–53
s[Rev. 6:4]
r[See ver. 34 above]
tver. 21; [Mic. 7:6]
uCited from Mic. 7:6; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12, 13; John 13:18]
v Luke 14:26
wch. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27
xch. 9:9; John 8:12; 12:26; 21:19