Luke 12:4-7

Have No Fear

4 “I tell you, my friends, ¹do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him ²who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. ^[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him!

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? ^[b] And ³not one of them is forgotten before God.

7 Why, ⁴even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ⁵you are of more value than many sparrows.

Cross References

• 1. 12:4 Isa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14
• 2. 12:5 James 4:12
• 3. 12:6 [Ps. 50:11]
• 4. 12:7 See 1 Sam. 14:45
• 5. 12:7 Matt. 6:26; 12:12

Footnotes

• [a] 12:5 Greek 'Gehenna'
• [b] 12:6 Greek 'two assaria'; an 'assarion' was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a 'denarius' (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)