Luke 12:4-18

⁴'And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

⁵but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

⁶'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

⁷but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

⁸'And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

⁹and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

¹⁰and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

¹²for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth you to say.'

¹³And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

¹⁴And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

¹⁵And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

¹⁶And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

¹⁷and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

¹⁸and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,