Lexham English Bible

Matthew 10:35-42 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

35. For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36. And the enemies of a man will be the members of his household.

37. The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39. The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

40. “The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

41. The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

42. And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward.”