33. But if anyone stands before people and says he does not believe in me, then I will say that he does not belong to me. I will say this before my Father in heaven.
34. “Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35. I have come to make this happen:‘A son will be against his father,a daughter will be against her mother,a daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law.
36. A person’s enemies will be members of his own family.’ Micah 7:6
37. “Whoever loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy to be my follower. Whoever loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not worthy to be my follower.
38. Whoever is not willing to die on a cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39. Whoever tries to hold on to his life will give up true life. Whoever gives up his life for me will hold on to true life.