Matthew 10:27-39
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What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on j the housetops.
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And k do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him l who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
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But m even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Fear not, therefore; n you are of more value than many sparrows.
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o So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
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but p whoever denies me before men, q I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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r "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. s I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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r For I have come t to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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u And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.
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v Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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And w whoever does not take his cross and x follow me is not worthy of me.
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y Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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Cross References
Luke 5:19
But finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.
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Isaiah 8:12 - 13
Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.
Isaiah 51:12 - 13
I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass.
Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.
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James 4:12
There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
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1 Samuel 14:45
Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
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Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Matthew 12:12
Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
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Romans 10:9 - 10
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Hebrews 10:35
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Revelation 3:5
The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
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2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
1 John 2:23
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
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Matthew 7:23
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
Matthew 25:12
But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
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Luke 12:51 - 53
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
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Revelation 6:4
And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
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Matthew 10:34 - 35
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:51 - 53
Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
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Matthew 10:34
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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Matthew 10:21
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
Micah 7:6
For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
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Micah 7:6
For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psalms 55:12 - 13
For it is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me - then I could hide from him.
John 13:18
I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.
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Luke 14:26
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 8:34
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 9:23
And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Luke 14:27
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
John 21:19
(This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me.
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Matthew 16:25
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
Luke 9:24
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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