“For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one’s foes will be members of…
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34). For the earth, there will…
“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in…
“And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:30-21). Every particle of the universe…
“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold…
“What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops” (Matthew 10:27). Keep the focus of your mind and…
“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known” (Matthew 10:26). The Lord reminds us…
“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master.…
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all…