37 (A)[a]He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son, or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38 (B)And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

39 (C)He that will find [b]his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:37 Nothing without exception is to be preferred before our duty to God.
  2. Matthew 10:39 They are said to find their life, which deliver it out of danger: and this is spoken after the opinion of the people which think them clean lost that die, because they think not of the life to come.

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