4. “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
5. 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.
6. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
7. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
8. “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.
9. But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.
10. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves 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 replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15. Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16. And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
17. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18. “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
19. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’