Luke 12:5

I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who after killing has power to throw into Gehenna: yes, I say to you, fear him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The 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.

In Context

4"But to you who are my friends I say, "`Be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do nothing further.

6Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:22But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says to his brother `Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and that whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

Matthew 25:41"Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.

Mark 13:23But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.

Hebrews 10:31It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of the ever-living God.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13

Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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