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

²⁶ 'Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known; ²⁷ that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops. ²⁸ 'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna. ²⁹ 'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; ³⁰ and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered; ³¹ be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

³² 'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; ³³ and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

⁴ 'And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do; ⁵ but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him. ⁶ 'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God, ⁷ but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.