Open and fearless speech - Luke 12:1-12 - N. T. -
Meanwhile the people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And Jesus began to speak, first of all to his disciples. Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisee - that is, their hypocrisy. Everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed on the housetops.
To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God's sight. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.
I tell you, if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God's angels.
'Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.'
When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.'
Cf. - Matthew 16:6, 12 - N. T. - Jesus said to them, 'Keep your eyes open, and be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees'. What I said was: Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then they understood that he was telling them to be on their guard, not against the yeast for making bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Cf. - Mark 8:15 - N. T. - Then Jesus gave them this warning, 'Keep your eyes open: be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod'.
Cf. - Luke 8:17 -
Cf. - Ecclesiastes 10:20 - O. T. - Do not curse the king, even in thought; do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air will carry the news; indiscretion sprouts wings.
Cf. - Matthew 10:26-27 - N. T. - Do not be afraid of them therefore. For everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the housetop.
Cf. - Mark 4:22 - N. T. - From there is nothing hidden but it must be disclosed, nothing kept secret except to be brought to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this.
Cf. - John 15:15 - N. T. - I shall not call you servants anymore, because a servant does not know his master's business; I call you friends, because I have made known to you, everything I have learnt from my Father.
Cf. - Matthew 10:28-31 - N. T. - Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.
Cf. - James 4:12 - N. T. - There is only one lawgiver and he is the only judge and has the power to acquit or to sentence. Who are you to give verdict on your neighbour?
Cf. - Matthew 3:12, 18:9-20 - N. T. - His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out. 'I tell you solemnly once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them.'
Cf. - 1 Corinthians 9:8-9 - N. T. - These may be only human comparisons, but does not the Law itself say the same thing? It is written in the Law of Moses: You must not put a muzzle on the ox when it is treading out the corn. Is it about oxen that God is concerned, or is there is not an obvious reference to ourselves?
Cf. - Luke 21:18 -
Cf. - Matthew 10:32-33; Mark 8:38 - N. T. - So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of men, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven. But the one who disowns me in the presence of men, I will disown him in the presence of my Father in heaven.
Cf. - Luke 9:26 -
Cf. - Matthew 12:30-32; Mark 3:29 - N. T. - He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, everyone of men's sins and blasphemies will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven; but let anyone speak against the Holy Spirit and he will not be forgiven either in this world or in the next.
Cf. - Luke 21:12-15 -
Cf. - Matthew 10:17-20; Mark 13:11 - N. T. - Beware of men: they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the pagans. But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes; because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.
Cf. - John 14:25-26 - N. T. - I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.
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