Matthew 10:41

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Matthew 10:39–42 · Berean Standard Bible

39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

40 He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

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Genesis 20:7

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

1 Kings 17:10

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

1 Kings 17:11

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

1 Kings 17:12

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:13

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

1 Kings 17:15

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

1 Kings 17:20

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

1 Kings 17:21

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

1 Kings 17:22

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

1 Kings 17:24

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

1 Kings 18:3

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

1 Kings 18:4

for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

2 Kings 4:8

One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

2 Kings 4:9

Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

2 Kings 4:10

Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

2 Kings 4:16

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

2 Kings 4:32

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

2 Kings 4:33

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

2 Kings 4:34

Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

2 Kings 4:35

Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

2 Kings 4:37

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

Acts 16:15

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

Romans 16:2

Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.

Romans 16:3

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Romans 16:4

who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Romans 16:23

Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.

2 Timothy 1:17

Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

3 John 1:5

Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

3 John 1:6

They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

3 John 1:7

For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

Matthew 6:1

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:4

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:6

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:18

so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:35

For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

Matthew 25:37

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

Matthew 25:38

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

Matthew 25:39

When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

Matthew 25:40

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Luke 14:13

But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

Luke 14:14

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

1 Corinthians 9:17

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.