10:26 “Do 1 not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden 2 that will not be revealed, 3 and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, 4 proclaim from the housetops. 5 10:28 Do 6 not be afraid of those who kill the body 7 but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 8 10:29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? 9 Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 10 10:30 Even all the hairs on your head are numbered. 10:31 So do not be afraid; 11 you are more valuable than many sparrows.
10:32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges 12 me before people, I will acknowledge 13 before my Father in heaven. 10:33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.
10:34 “Do not think that I have come to bring 14 peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. 10:35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 10:36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. 15
10:37 “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. 10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross 16 and follow me is not worthy of me. 10:39 Whoever finds his life 17 will lose it, 18 and whoever loses his life because of me 19 will find it.
10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 20 10:41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever 21 receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, 22 he will never lose his reward.”