5. But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear Him.
6. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
7. Indeed, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
8. “I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.
9. But he 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 he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. “When they bring you to the synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not be anxious how you will answer or what you will say.
12. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
13. Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or an arbitrator between you?”
15. Then He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness. For a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16. And He told a parable to them, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully.
17. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have no room to store my crops?’
18. “Then he said, ‘This I will do: I will pull down my barns and build greater ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take rest. Eat, drink, and be merry.’