35. I have come to make this happen: ‘A son will turn against his father. A daughter will turn against her mother. A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.
36. Even members of your own family will be your enemies.’ Micah 7:6
37. “Those who love their father or mother more than they love me are not worthy of me. And those who love their son or daughter more than they love me are not worthy of me.
38. Those who will not accept the cross that is given to them when they follow me are not worthy of me.
39. Those who try to keep the life they have will lose it. But those who give up their life for me will find true life.
40. “Whoever accepts you also accepts me. And whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.
41. Whoever accepts a prophet because he is a prophet will get the same reward a prophet gets. And whoever accepts a godly person just because that person is godly will get the same reward a godly person gets.
42. Whoever helps any of these little ones because they are my followers will definitely get a reward, even if they only give them a cup of cold water.”