Luke 12:1-9

1Under these circumstances, after 1so many thousands of 2people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “3Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 24But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. 3Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have 5whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon 6the housetops.

4“I say to you, 7My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. 5But I will 8warn you whom to fear: 9fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into 1011hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! 6Are not 12five sparrows sold for two 13cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 714Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

8“And I say to you, everyone who 15confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; 9but 16he who denies Me before men will be denied 17before the angels of God.