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Matthew 10 182
be as his master, and the servant as his
lord. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much more shall
they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is
nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak
in light: and what you hear in the ear, that
preach upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body,
but are not able to kill the soul: but rather
fear him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them shall not fall on
the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered.
31 Fear not therefore, you are of more
value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess
me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before
men, him will I also deny before my Father
which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send
peace on earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance
against his father, and the daughter against
her mother, and the daughter in law
against her mother in law.
36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his
own household.
37 He that loves father or mother more
than me is not worthy of me: and he that
loves son or daughter more than me is
not worthy of me.
38 And he that takes not his cross, and
follows after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that finds his life shall lose it:
and he that loses his life for my sake
shall find it.
40 He that receives you receives me, and
he that receives me receives him that sent
me.
41 He that receives a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward;
and he that receives a righteous man
in the name of a righteous man shall receive
a righteous man’s reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink to
one of these little ones a cup of cold water
only in the name of a disciple, verily I
say to you, he shall in no wise lose his
reward.
10:23 Did Jesus say that He would return during the lifetime of His disciples? “Another alternative
is to take the promise literally and immediately and to interpret the phrase ‘before the Son of
Man comes’ as a reference to the fact that Jesus rejoined the disciples after their mission. This view
may be supported by several facts. First, the phrase ‘before the Son of Man comes’ is never used by
Matthew to describe the Second Coming. Second, it fits with a literal understanding of the first
part of the verse. The disciples went literally and immediately into ‘the cities of Israel’ to preach, and
Jesus literally and immediately rejoined them after their itinerant ministry.” Norman Geisler and
Thomas Howe, When Critics Ask
10:27,28 Faithful, not fearful, witnesses. We are to be faithful witnesses for Jesus. When it
comes to preaching the gospel, we are to fear only God.
If you are fearful when it comes to witnessing, here’s something you can do that doesn’t take
much courage. Go into a phone booth. Open the phone book to the Yellow Pages. Find “Abortion”
and slip a tract in the page. Then look for the category “Escorts” and slip a tract in there.
Many phone booths have a door, so you can go in, close the door and do this without fear of
being seen. You are not breaking the law, and simply leaving a gospel tract in those two places
may not only keep someone from making a terrible life-changing decision, but it may bring them to
faith in the Savior.
10:28 Hell: For verses warning of its reality, see Matthew 18:9.
10:37 “People, who need people to walk with God, don’t walk with God. They walk with people.”
Emeal Zwayne