²⁴A disciple^C is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.^k ²⁵It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!^l

FEAR GOD

²⁶“Therefore,^m don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.ⁿ ²⁷What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,^D proclaim on the housetops.^o ²⁸Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul;^p rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.^q ²⁹Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny?^E Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s^r consent.^F ³⁰But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.^s ³¹So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.^t

ACKNOWLEDGING CHRIST

³²“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.^u ³³But whoever denies me before others,^v I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.

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Footnotes

COr student
D in the ear
E assarion, a small copper coin
F ground apart from your Father

Cross references

k Lk 6:40; Jn 13:16; 15:20
l 2Kg 1:2; Mt 12:24,27; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15,18–19
m Lk 12:2–9
n Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17; 12:2
o Mt 24:17; Lk 5:19; 12:3; Ac 5:20
p Is 8:12–13; 51:12–13; Jr 1:8; 1Pt 3:14
q Mt 5:22; Lk 12:5; Heb 10:31; Jms 4:12
r Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42
s 1Sm 14:45; 2Sm 14:11; Lk 21:18; Ac 27:34
t Mt 6:26; 12:12
u Lk 12:8; Rm 10:9–10; Rv 3:5
v Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; 2Tm 2:12; 2Pt 2:1