New English Translation

Matthew 10:39-42 New English Translation (NET)

39. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

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

41. Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

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