Read The Skeptics Annotated Bible Online
Authors: Steve Wells
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
(10.28)
“Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
Notice that Jesus makes a clear distinction between the soul and the body in this verse. Why would he do that if, as the Governing Body of the Jehovah's Witnesses teaches, the soul is the body?
132 Should we fear God?
157 Does Hell exist?
(10.29-31) God is involved in the death of every sparrow. He sees to it that they each die painful deaths of starvation, predation, or disease. But don't worry. God will do the same for you. (He thinks that humans are worth much more than sparrows.)
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
(10.29)
“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.”
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
(10.31)
“Ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
(10.33)
“Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father.”
Peter denied Jesus three times before men. Therefore Jesus must have denied Peter before God.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
(10.34)
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
355 Is Jesus peaceful?