But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (A)who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[b] And (B)not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, (C)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (D)you are of more value than many sparrows.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:5 Greek Gehenna
  2. Luke 12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

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