10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross 1 and follow me is not worthy of me. 10:39 Whoever finds his life 2 will lose it, 3 and whoever loses his life because of me 4 will find it.
10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. 5 10:41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever 6 receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, 7 he will never lose his reward.”