“I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B) Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(C) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(D)

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Fear God

“And I say to you, My friends,(A) don’t fear(B) those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will show you the One to fear: Fear(C) Him who has authority to throw people into hell(D) after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear! Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies?[a] Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.(E) Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:6 Lit two assaria; the assarion (sg) was a small copper coin