³⁴“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵^*I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law; ³⁶^*your worst enemies will be the members of your own family.

³⁷“Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples. ³⁸^*Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples. ³⁹^*Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.

Rewards

⁴⁰^*“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. ⁴¹Whoever welcomes God’s messenger because he is God’s messenger, will share in his reward. And whoever welcomes a good man because he is good, will share in his reward. ⁴²You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward.”

Read in Logos

Matthew 10:42: “And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Cross references

*10.35, 36: Mic 7:6
*10.35, 36: Mic 7:6
*10.38: Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34; Lk 9:23
*10.39: Mt 16:25; Mk 8:35; Lk 9:24; 17:33; Jn 12:25
*10.40 a: Lk 10:16; Jn 13:20 10.40 b: Mk 9:37; Lk 9:48