⁴“I say to you, my friends,^ar don’t fear^as those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. ⁵But I will show you the one to fear: Fear^at him who has authority to throw people into hell^au after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the one to fear! ⁶Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies?^N Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.^av ⁷Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

ACKNOWLEDGING CHRIST

⁸“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges^aw me before others, the Son of Man^ax will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,^ay ⁹but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.^az ¹⁰Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,^ba but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit^bb will not be forgiven. ¹¹Whenever^bc they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities,^bd don’t worry^be about how you should defend^bf yourselves or what you should say. ¹²For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said.”^bg

Read in Logos

Luke 12:6: Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

Footnotes

N two assaria; a small copper coin

Cross references

ar Ac 27:3
as Is 8:13; 51:12; Jr 1:8; Jn 6:20
at Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Ac 10:2; Rv 14:7
au Mk 9:43; Jms 3:6
av Ps 50:11
aw Mt 7:23; Jn 9:22
ax Lk 5:24; 11:30
ay Lk 15:10; Jn 1:51; Ac 10:3; Rm 10:9; Rv 3:5
az Lk 9:26
ba Mt 12:31–32; Mk 3:28–30
bb Lk 1:15,35; 2:25–26; 3:22
bc Mt 10:19–20; Mk 13:11; Lk 21:14–15
bd Lk 20:20; Eph 3:10; Col 2:15
be Php 4:6
bf Ac 26:24
bg Pr 1:23; Jn 14:26