Matthew 10:27

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25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If ^athey have called the master of the house¹ Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

26 Therefore do not fear them. ^aFor there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Jesus Teaches the Fear of God

27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, ^aspeak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.

28 ^aAnd do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather ^bfear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in¹ hell.

29 Are not two ^asparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

30 ^aBut the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Confess Christ Before Men

32 ^a“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, ^bhim I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.

33 ^aBut whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

Christ Brings Division

34 ^a“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

35 For I have come to ^a‘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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Matthew 10:27

What I say to you in darkness ... - That is, in "secret," in "private," in "confidence. The private instructions which I give you while with me do you proclaim publicly, on the "house-top." The "house-top," the flat roof, was a public, conspicuous place. See II Samuel 16:22. See also the notes at Matthew 9:1-8.

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