30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31. Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
32. “Whoever will confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven.
33. But whoever will deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.
34. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35. For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father,a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36. a man’s foes will be those of his own household.’
37. “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.
38. And He who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
40. “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
41. He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
42. And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, truly I tell you, he shall in no way lose his reward.”