¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

² and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.^(A)” Then Abimelek^(B) king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.^(C)

⁴ “I tell you, my friends,^(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

⁴² Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.^(A) But because of the Pharisees^(B) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;^(C)

⁴³ for they loved human praise^(A) more than praise from God.^(B)