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What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.
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And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will.
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But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
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Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
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So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
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but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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and a man's foes will be those of his own household.
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He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;