Matthew 10:26-33

Living Bible

²⁶ But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when the truth will be revealed: their secret plots will become public information.

²⁷ “What I tell you now in the gloom, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ears, proclaim from the housetops!

²⁸ “Don’t be afraid of those who can kill only your bodies—but can’t touch your souls! Fear only God who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Not one sparrow (What do they cost? Two for a penny?) can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. ³⁰ And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ So don’t worry! You are more valuable to him than many sparrows.

³² “If anyone publicly acknowledges me as his friend, I will openly acknowledge him as my friend before my Father in heaven. ³³ But if anyone publicly denies me, I will openly deny him before my Father in heaven.