²⁴“A disciple is not superior to his teacher, nor a slave superior to his master. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

Fear God Rather Than People

²⁶“Therefore do not be afraid of them, because nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not become known. ²⁷What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear in your ear, proclaim on the housetops. ²⁸And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?^f And one of them will not fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent^g of your Father. ³⁰And even the hairs of your head are all numbered! ³¹Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

³²“Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven. ³³But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

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Footnotes

fLiterally, “an assarion,” a Roman coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius
gLiterally “without”; the phrase “the knowledge and consent” is implied when this term is used of God