Luke 12:9
and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:23and then I will acknowledge to them, that — I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.
Matthew 25:12and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.
Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;
Luke 9:26'For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers';
Luke 22:57and he disowned him, saying, 'Woman, I have not known him.'
2 Timothy 2:12if we do endure together — we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also shall deny us;
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 →