Luke 12:5

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

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KJV

King James Version

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

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WEB

World English Bible

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But I will show you⁺ whom you⁺ should fear: Fear the [One] having authority, after the killing, to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you⁺, fear Him!

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 12

³ What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

⁴ I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

⁵ But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

⁷ And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

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