Hated for Christ’s sake

[Daily Bible Readings - English (en)]

Lesson: Truth Brings Persecution
Reading: Hated for Christ’s sake  2013-04-16
Reference: Matt. 10:22-33 
Matthew 10:22: And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 10:23: But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Matthew 10:24: The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
Matthew 10:25: It is enough for the disciple that he 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?
Matthew 10:26: Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Matthew 10:27: What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew 10:28: 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.
Matthew 10:29: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew 10:30: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew 10:31: Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:32: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:33: But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
(KJV)