27. What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops.
28. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
29. For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent.
30. As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
31. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!
32. “For those who declare publicly that they belong to me, I will do the same before my Father in heaven.
33. But if anyone rejects me publicly, I will reject him before my Father in heaven.
34. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.