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Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.(A) I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God.(B)

Sayings About the Holy Spirit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:10–12 The sayings about the holy Spirit are set in the context of fearlessness in the face of persecution (Lk 12:2–9; cf. Mt 12:31–32). The holy Spirit will be presented in Luke’s second volume, the Acts of the Apostles, as the power responsible for the guidance of the Christian mission and the source of courage in the face of persecution.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(A) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(B)

“I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(C) But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(D) before the angels of God.

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