Matthew 10:32-39 - Acknowledging Christ

³² Therefore every one who shall confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in the heavens. ³³ But whosoever may deny me before the people, I will also deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. ³⁴ Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: ³⁶ and the enemies of a man will be the inmates of his own house.

³⁷ He that loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ Whosoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.