Evidence for the existence of God

[Final-Fan]

Eomund said:
Don't forget to quote in context. Matthew 10:26-42 is where you get that quote. Jesus said it in the context of persecution and fear of persecution. this the entire passage:

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So the context of what Jesus was saying was clearly to encourage people to stand up for His sake so that they may have true life after death. During this time period the new believers were very harshly persecuted and put to death (Roman Persecutions). He was leaving words to live by.

It seems to me that the passage was more or less split into three (maybe four) parts:  the first part was "don't be afraid of persecution"; the second part was "don't hesitate to go against your family in following me" (and defying your family back then was HUGE) and "those who refuse to follow will get left in the cold"; and the final part was "my followers will be rewarded, but people who are nice to my followers will also get rewarded". 

What fkusumot's quote was from was the second part, so saying "well that quote is really about what the final part was talking about" seems to me to be disingenuous.