Have No Fear

“I tell you, my friends, (A)do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (B)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 (C)not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, (D)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (E)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)

I tell legō · de you hymeis, · ho my egō friends philos, do not fear phobeomai those ho who can kill apokteinō the ho body sōma, and kai after meta that houtos have echō nothing more perissoteros that tis they can do poieō. I will show hypodeiknymi · de you hymeis whom tis you should fear phobeomai: Fear phobeomai the ho one who , after meta · ho he kills apokteinō, has echō authority exousia to throw emballō you into eis · ho hell geenna. Yes nai, I tell legō you hymeis, fear phobeomai this houtos one !

Are not ouchi five pente sparrows strouthion sold pōleō for two dyo pennies assarion? And kai not ou one heis of ek them autos is eimi forgotten epilanthanomai before enōpion · ho God theos. In fact alla, even kai the ho hairs thrix of ho your hymeis head kephalē are all pas numbered arithmeō. Do not fear phobeomai; you are worth more diapherō than many polys sparrows strouthion.

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