4 “I say to you, My friends, you should not be afraid of those who kill the body, since after this they have nothing more they can do.
5 But I will show you whom you should fear. Fear the One who, after the killing, has authority to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear this One!
6 “Aren’t five sparrows being sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Indeed, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
8 Now I tell you, whoever acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God.
9 But the one 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 the one who slanders the Ruach ha-Kodesh will not be forgiven.