The Demands of Loyalty

Matthew 10:34-39

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.