² There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. ³ Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

⁴ “I say to you, My friends, you should not be afraid of those who kill the body, since after this they have nothing more they can do. ⁵ But I will show you whom you should fear. Fear the One who, after the killing, has authority to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear this One!

⁶ “Aren’t five sparrows being sold for two pennies?^[a] Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ Indeed, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.