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"But to you who are my friends I say, "`Be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do nothing further.
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I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who after killing has power to throw into Gehenna: yes, I say to you, fear him.
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Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
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But the very hairs on your heads are all counted. Away with fear: you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.'
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"And I tell you that every man who shall have acknowledged me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.
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But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.
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"Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness.
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And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;
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for the Holy Spirit shall teach you at that very moment what you must say."
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Just then a man in the crowd appealed to Him. "Rabbi," he said, "tell my brother to give me a share of the inheritance."
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"Man," He replied, "who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?"