Mattithyahu (Matthew) 10:21-42

“And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death. “And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved. “And when they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you shall by no means have gone through the cities of Yisra’ĕl before the Son of Aḏam comes. “A taught one is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. “It is enough for the taught one to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be‛elzebul, how much more those of his household! “Therefore do not fear them. For whatever is covered shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be made known. “What I say to you in the dark, speak in the light. And what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops. “And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in GĕHinnom. “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground without your Father. “And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. “So do not fear, you are worth more than many sparrows. “Everyone, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him I shall also confess before My Father who is in the heavens. “But whoever shall deny Me before men, him I shall also deny before My Father who is in the heavens. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword, for I have come to bring division, a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law – and a man’s enemies are those of his own household. “He 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. “And he who does not take up his stake and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. “He who has found his life shall lose it, and he that has lost his life for My sake shall find it. “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. “He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous one in the name of a righteous one shall receive a righteous one’s reward. “And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a taught one, truly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”