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“Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.[a] Yes, he’s the one to fear.

“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins[b]? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5 Greek Gehenna.
  2. 12:6 Greek two assaria [Roman coins equal to 1⁄16 of a denarius].

“I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B) Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

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