Luke 12:2–9

²Everything that is secret will be brought out into the open. Everything that is hidden will be uncovered. ³What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. What you have whispered to someone behind closed doors will be shouted from the rooftops.

⁴“My friends, listen to me. Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but can’t do any more than that. ⁵I will show you whom you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the One who can kill the body and also has the power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him.

⁶“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? But God does not forget even one of them. ⁷In fact, he even counts every hair on your head! So don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

⁸“What about someone who says in front of others that he knows me? I tell you, the Son of Man will say that he knows that person in front of God’s angels. ⁹But what about someone who says in front of others that he doesn’t know me? I, the Son of Man, will say that I don’t know him in front of God’s angels.