Matthew 10:26–39

²⁶“Therefore do not ^afear them, ^bfor there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

²⁷“^aWhat I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim ^bupon the housetops.

²⁸“Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather ^afear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in ^1bhell.

²⁹“^aAre not two sparrows sold for a ¹cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

³⁰“But ^athe very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹“So do not fear; ^ayou are more valuable than many sparrows.

³²“Therefore ^aeveryone who ¹confesses Me before men, I will also confess ²him before My Father who is in heaven.

³³“But ^awhoever ¹denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

³⁴“^aDo not think that I came to ¹bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

³⁵“For I came to ^aset a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

³⁶and ^aa man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

³⁷“^aHe 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.

³⁸“And ^ahe who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

³⁹“^aHe who has found his ¹life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.