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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 to cast into hell. 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.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
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When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;
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for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say."
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Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."