# Matthew 10.32

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.</span>**
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> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.</span> (Matthew 10:30-34, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.</span>**
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> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.</span> (Matthew 10:30-34, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.</span>**
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> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.</span> (Matthew 10:30-34, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 30. <span class="rl-speech">and of you, even the hairs of the head are all numbered;</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.</span>
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> **32. <span class="rl-speech">'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;</span>**
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> 33. <span class="rl-speech">and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;</span> (Matthew 10:30-34, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 10.5-42](/codex/matthew-10-5-42/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3669 - homologia](/codex/g3669-homologia/), via [Matthew 10.32-33](/codex/matthew-10-32-33/)
- [G3670 - homologeo](/codex/g3670-homologeo/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.