Matthew 10:26-42
King James Version
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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Matthew 10:26-42
1599 Geneva Bible
26 [a]Fear them not therefore: (A)for there is nothing covered, that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the [b]houses.
28 And [c]fear ye not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a [d]farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father?
30 (B)Yea, and all the hairs of your head are numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 (C)[e]Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 (D)[f]Think not that I am come to send peace into the earth, but the sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 (E)And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.
37 (F)[g]He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son, or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
38 (G)And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 (H)He that will find [h]his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
40 [i]He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.
41 (I)[j]He that receiveth a Prophet in [k]the name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet’s reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man.
42 (J)And whosoever shall give unto one of these [l]little ones to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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- Matthew 10:26 Truth shall not always be hid.
- Matthew 10:27 Openly, and in the highest places. For the tops of their houses were so made, that they might walk upon them, Acts 10:9.
- Matthew 10:28 Though tyrants be never so raging and cruel, yet we may not fear them.
- Matthew 10:29 The fourth part of an ounce.
- Matthew 10:32 The necessity and reward of open confessing Christ.
- Matthew 10:34 Civil dissentions follow the preaching of the Gospel.
- Matthew 10:37 Nothing without exception is to be preferred before our duty to God.
- Matthew 10:39 They are said to find their life, which deliver it out of danger: and this is spoken after the opinion of the people which think them clean lost that die, because they think not of the life to come.
- Matthew 10:40 God is both author and revenger of his holy ministry.
- Matthew 10:41 We shall lose nothing that we bestow upon Christ.
- Matthew 10:41 As a Prophet.
- Matthew 10:42 Which in the sight of the world are vile and abject.
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