The Turker’s Gospel

The Bible According To Mechanical Turk Workers

Matthew 10:31-42

10:31 - Don’t be afraid, you are more important than a lot of sparrows.

10:32 - Whomever claims me in front of the world, I will also claim him in front of God in Heaven.

10:33 - Whomever claims to not know me before the world, I will in turn state that I do not know him to God in Heaven.

10:34 - Don’t think I came to bring peace on earth; I came to bring a sword.

10:35 - I have come to put a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter in law against her mother in law.

10:36 - A man’s enemies will be his own family.

10:37 - If you love your parent or child more than me, then you don’t deserve me.

10:38 - The one who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy to be with me.

10:39 - Once you find your life, it is gone, and you will only have it if you choose to life your life for my sake.

10:40 - The person that welcomes you welcomes me, and the person that welcomes me receives the one that sent me.

10:41 - Someone who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet shall be rewarded like a prophet, just like someone who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall be rewarded just like a righteous man.

10:42 - And if anyone gives one of these children a glass of water in my honor, I tell you, he will receive a reward even for this small thing.