²⁹‘Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; ³⁰and of you—even the hairs of the head are all numbered; ³¹be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

³²‘Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; ³³and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴‘Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; ³⁵for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, ³⁶and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

³⁷‘He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, ³⁸and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹‘He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰‘He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me, ⁴¹he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward, ⁴²and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.’

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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.”

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