Matthew 10:29–42

²⁹Are not two ^psparrows sold for a ⁹copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. ^30qBut the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

^32r“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, ^shim I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. ^33tBut whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

^34u“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵For I have come to ^v‘set ¹a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; ³⁶and ^w‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ ^37xHe 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. ^38yAnd he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. ^39zHe who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

^40a“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. ^41bHe who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. ^42cAnd whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”