NARRATOR: Jesus sent his disciples out with the following instruction.
JESUS 1: Have no fear of people. Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
JESUS 2: Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
JESUS 3: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. Even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
JESUS 4: Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
Matthew 10.26-33
Sunday Readings: Jeremiah 20.10-13; Romans 5.12-15; Matthew 10.26-33