Matthew 10:26-33 - Fear God Rather Than People

²⁶ Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses. ²⁸ "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. ²⁹ Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave. ³⁰ But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered. ³¹ Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.

³² "Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven. ³³ But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.

⁴ "But to you who are my friends I say, "'Be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do nothing further. ⁵ I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who after killing has power to throw into Gehenna: yes, I say to you, fear him. ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight. ⁷ But the very hairs on your heads are all counted. Away with fear: you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.'