Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men
Luke 12:1-12
1In those circumstances, when the myriads of the crowd had gathered so that they trampled one another, he began to speak first to his disciples: Watch out for yourselves from the leaven, which is the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.2Nothing that is concealed will fail to be revealed, and nothing hidden will fail to be known.3Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and whatever you have spoken in private will be proclaimed upon the housetops.4I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and after that have nothing more they can do.5I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear this one.6Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.7But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.8I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.9But whoever denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.11When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you will defend yourselves or what you will say.12For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say.