Matthew 10:32-39 - Acknowledging Christ
32 him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law. 36 And the foes of a man shall be they of his own houshold.
37 He that loveth father or 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 And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me;