⁵³ When he went out from there, the experts in the law^[a] and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly,^[b] and to ask him hostile questions^[c] about many things, ⁵⁴ plotting against^[d] him, to catch^[e] him in something he might say.

Fear God, Not People

12 Meanwhile,^[a] when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus^[b] began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against^[c] the yeast of the Pharisees,^[d] which is hypocrisy.^{[e] 2} Nothing is hidden^[f] that will not be revealed,^[g] and nothing is secret that will not be made known. ³ So then^[h] whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered^[i] in private rooms^[j] will be proclaimed from the housetops.^[k]

⁴ “I^[l] tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body,^[m] and after that have nothing more they can do. ⁵ But I will warn^[n] you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing,^[o] has authority to throw you^[p] into hell.^[q] Yes, I tell you, fear him!