Amen.

Aloha and welcome to Amen Podcast where we preach the good news of Jesus Christ and how it applies to everyday life.

I'm Lokelana, your host, and I'm joined by my husband Alex who is

preaching about taking Jesus by the hand. We're continuing our series in

Matthew looking at chapter 10 versus 40 through 42 I'll read the verses and then

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We're in the ESV version today.

Let's read.

Whoever receives you receives me and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a profit's reward

and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous

person's reward.

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple.

Truly I say to you he will by no means lose his reward.

Amen. So in the eastern part of the world, people hold hands while on the train or going for a walk and they could be of the same sex. they could be, I don't know, siblings, they could be, you know,

in-laws, they could be friends, they could be married. They do it a lot just to show friendship, to show oneness just to show I'm here with you regardless of your gender regardless of our age I'm here with you to spend time with you to be united with you and have we done that with the

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