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MATTHEW 10
Key Verse Challenge
Matthew 10:39
God wants us to live our lives for him
and honor him with everything we do.
When we ask for his help to do that,
what we value will change. We will put
Jesus first and care about following him
more than anything else. Write down this
verse today. Then write some ways you
want to live for Jesus.
stand trial before governors and kings
because you are my followers. But this
will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.
19When you are arrested, don’t worry
about how to respond or what to say.
God will give you the right words at the
right time. 20For it is not you who will be
speaking—it will be the Spirit of your
Father speaking through you.
21“A brother will betray his brother to
death, a father will betray his own child,
and children will rebel against their
parents and cause them to be killed.
22And all nations will hate you because
you are my followers. But everyone
who endures to the end will be saved.
23When you are persecuted in one town,
flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the
Son of Man will return before you have
reached all the towns of Israel.
24 “Students are not greater than
their teacher, and slaves are not greater
than their master. 25Students are to be
like their teacher, and slaves are to be
like their master. And since I, the master
of the household, have been called the
prince of demons, the members of my
household will be called by even worse
names!
26“But don’t be afraid of those who
threaten you. For the time is coming
when everything that is covered will
be revealed, and all that is secret will
be made known to all. 27What I tell you
now in the darkness, shout abroad
when daybreak comes. What I whisper
in your ear, shout from the housetops
for all to hear!
28“Don’t be afraid of those who want
to kill your body; they cannot touch
your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29What
is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can
fall to the ground without your Father
knowing it. 30And the very hairs on
your head are all numbered. 31So don’t
be afraid; you are more valuable to God
than a whole flock of sparrows.
32“Everyone who acknowledges me
publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
33But everyone who denies me here on
earth, I will also deny before my Father
in heaven.
34“Don’t imagine that I came to bring
peace to the earth! I came not to bring
peace, but a sword.
‘I have come to set a man against his
father,
a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law.
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Your enemies will be right in your
own household!’
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37“If you love your father or mother
more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your
son or daughter more than me, you are
not worthy of being mine. 38If you refuse to take up your cross and follow
me, you are not worthy of being mine.
39If you cling to your life, you will lose
it; but if you give up your life for me, you
will find it.
40“Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives
me receives the Father who sent me.
41If you receive a prophet as one who
speaks for God, you will be given the
same reward as a prophet. And if you
receive righteous people because of
their righteousness, you will be given
a reward like theirs. 42And if you give
even a cup of cold water to one of the
least of my followers, you will surely be
rewarded.”
