“I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(A) But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(B) before the angels of God.

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“Now I say to you, everyone who (A)confesses Me before people, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God; but (B)the one who denies Me before people will be denied (C)before the angels of God.

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“I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man[a] will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God’s angels.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:8 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

8-9 “Stand up for me among the people you meet and the Son of Man will stand up for you before all God’s angels. But if you pretend you don’t know me, do you think I’ll defend you before God’s angels?

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Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

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10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(A)

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10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy (A)in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

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10 In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.”

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The Story of the Lost Coin

8-10 “Or imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she’ll call her friends and neighbors: ‘Celebrate with me! I found my lost coin!’ Count on it—that’s the kind of party God’s angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God.”

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10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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