Luke 12:1-11

1 In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.

8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

Footnotes

• [a]. Some read 'first of all beware:' but needlessly, I think. It was the first thing on his heart to tell them.
• [b]. See Note to Matt. 16.6.
• [c]. See Note, Matt. 10.28.
• [d]. See Note, Matt. 10.29.
• [e]. A stronger word (as Matt. 16.24; 26.34) than the first 'denied' here.