12:4 “I 5 tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, 6 and after that have nothing more they can do. 12:5 But I will warn 7 you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, 8 has authority to throw you 9 into hell. 10 Yes, I tell you, fear him! 12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? 11 Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 12:7 In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; 12 you are more valuable than many sparrows.
12:8 “I 13 tell you, whoever acknowledges 14 me before men, 15 the Son of Man will also acknowledge 16 before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.