Matthew 10

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.

38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.

39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it.

40 "Anyone who welcomes you is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.

41 If you welcome a prophet as one who speaks for God,* you will receive the same reward a prophet gets. And if you welcome good and godly people because of their godliness, you will be given a reward like theirs.¹

42 And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded."

Read Matthew 11

1: Greek welcome a prophet in the name of a prophet.

^{New Living Translation Bible and Notes used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}