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Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known.
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Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
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"I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.
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But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority a to cast into hell. b Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
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But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;
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but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
