Mateus 10

37 "The one who is more devoted to father or mother than to me is not worthy of me, and the one who is more devoted to son or daughter than to me is not worthy of me; 38 and he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.*Notice that it is Jesus who sets the parameters, not we. Rather than people ‘accepting’ Jesus, the question is whether He will accept us. 39 The one ‘finding’ his life will lose it, and the one ‘losing’ his life for my sake will find it.*I take it that the reference is to the potential that your life represents, potential in the interests of God’s Kingdom. To the extent that your life revolves around God’s will and Kingdom you will both find and save it—of course from the world’s perspective you will be throwing it away.