5. 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!
6. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?And not one of them is forgotten before God.
7. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8. “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,
9. but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
10. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,
12. for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
13. Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
15. And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”