1. Meanwhile, when an innumerable crowd of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His taught ones, first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2. “And whatever is concealed shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be known.
3. “So, whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.
4. “But I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that are unable to do any more.
5. “But I shall show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after killing, possesses authority to cast into Gehenna. Yea, I say to you, fear Him!
6. “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before Elohim.
7. “But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered. Do not fear, you are worth more than many sparrows.
8. “And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Aḏam shall also confess him before the messengers of Elohim.
9. “But he that has denied Me before men shall be denied before the messengers of Elohim.
10. “And everyone who shall speak a word against the Son of Aḏam, it shall be forgiven him, but to him who has blasphemed against the Set-apart Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.
11. “And when they bring you to the congregations and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say,
12. for the Set-apart Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what you should say.”
13. And someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, speak to my brother, to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a judge or divider over you?”