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"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.^(w)

You will be hated by everyone because of My name.^(x) But the one who endures to the end will be delivered. ^[g](y)

When they persecute you in one town, escape to another.^(z) For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

A disciple^[h] is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.^(aa)

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,' how much more the members of his household! ^(ab)

"Therefore,^(ac) don't be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won't be uncovered and nothing hidden that won't be made known.^(ad)

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,^[i] proclaim on the housetops.^(ae)

Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul;^(af) rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ^(ag)

Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny?^[j] Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's^(ah) consent.^[k]

But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.^(ai)

So don't be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows. ^(aj)

"Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.^(ak)

But whoever denies Me before men,^(al) I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.^(am)

For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. ^(an)[l]

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;^(ao) the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow^[m] Me is not worthy of Me.

Anyone finding^[n] his life will lose it,^(ap) and anyone losing^[o] his life because of Me will find it. ^(aq)

"The one who welcomes you welcomes Me,^(ar) and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.^(as)

Anyone who^[p] welcomes a prophet^(at) because he is a prophet^[q] will receive a prophet's reward. And anyone who^[r] welcomes a righteous person because he's righteous^[s] will receive a righteous person's reward.

And whoever gives^(au) just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple ^[t](av) —I assure you: He will never lose his reward!"