Matthew 19:29
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And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
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More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”