03 Aug Matthew 10 – Sheep Among Wolves – The Gospels
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23 “But, when they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for, I tell you, you will not have come to the end of the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 Scholars are not above their teachers, nor servants above their master. 25 It is enough for scholars to be treated like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household!”
26 “Do not, therefore, be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden which will not become known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the rooftops. 28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in the pit.”
29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a half—penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. 30 While as for you, the very hairs of your head are numbered. 31 Do not, therefore, be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Everyone, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before their friends and neighbors, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; 33 But, if anyone disowns me before their community, I, too, will disown them before my Father who is in heaven.”
34 “Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword. 35 For I have come to set a son against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter—in—law against her mother—in—law. 36 Your enemies will be the members of your own household. 37 Those who love father or mother more than me are not worthy of me; and those who love son or daughter more than me are not worthy of me. 38 And those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not worthy of me.
39 Those who have found their lives will lose it, while those who, for my sake, have lost their lives shall find it. 40 Those who welcome you are welcoming me; and those who welcome me are welcoming him who sent me as his messenger. 41 Those who welcome prophets, because they are prophets, shall receive a prophet’s reward; and those who welcome good neighbors, because they are good neighbors, shall receive a good neighbor’s reward. 42 And, all those who give but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because they are my disciples, I tell you that they shall assuredly not lose their reward.”
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To read Chapter 11 of the Gospel of Matthew, please go to: The Coming One.
- Read New Testament commentary on this Gospel of Matthew passage at Hallowed Be Thy Name, Chapter 2 of The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Life. [↩]