5. But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehinnom. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
6. “Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins ? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
7. But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
8. “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
9. but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
10. Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
12. for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
13. One of the multitude said to him, “Rabbi, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
15. He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
16. He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
17. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’