⁹ but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.

³⁸ Those who are ashamed of me and of my words^[a] in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”^(A)

²⁶ Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.^(A)

³³ but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.

²³ Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’^(A)

⁸ “I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.^(A)

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.^(A)

¹² But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.^(A)