"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into Galilee and settled in a town called Nazareth,

"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

"Cease to be afraid! You are of greater value than many sparrows.

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and as he began to sink, he cried out, "Master, save me!"

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."

but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see to it that you are not afraid. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

"so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!'