If you cling to your life, you will lose it;

but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 10:39

“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth,

I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But everyone who denies me here on earth,

I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

Matthew 10:32-33

Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body;

they cannot touch your soul.

Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

…don’t be afraid of those who threaten you.

For the time is coming when everything that is covered

will be revealed,

and all that is secret will be made known to all.

Matthew 10:26

…all nations will hate you because you are my followers.

But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:22

“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves.

So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16

(this isn’t a dove)

He said to his disciples,

“The harvest is great, but the workers are few.

So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest;

ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

Matthew 9:37-38

…Jesus asked them,

“Do you believe I can make you see?”

“Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.”

Then he touched their eyes and said,

“Because of your faith, it will happen.”

Then their eyes were opened, and they could see!…

Matthew 9:28-30

…”Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”

Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning

of this Scripture:

‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’

For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous,

but those who know they are sinners.”

Matthew 9:12-13

…I will prove to you that the Son of Man

has the authority on earth to forgive sins.”

Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,

“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

Matthew 9:6