4. “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot afterwards do anything worse.
5. I will show you whom to fear: fear God, who, after killing, has the authority to throw into hell. Believe me, he is the one you must fear!
6. “Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God.
7. Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!
8. “I assure you that for those who declare publicly that they belong to me, the Son of Man will do the same before the angels of God.
9. But those who reject me publicly, the Son of Man will also reject before the angels of God.
10. “Whoever says a word against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but those who say evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. “When they bring you to be tried in the synagogues or before governors or rulers, do not be worried about how you will defend yourself or what you will say.
12. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
13. A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us.”
14. Jesus answered him, “My friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?”
15. And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because a person's true life is not made up of the things he owns, no matter how rich he may be.”
16. Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.
17. He began to think to himself, ‘I haven't anywhere to keep all my crops. What can I do?