3 But Peter answered and said unto Him, What then, if the wolves should tear the lambs? (2CL) 4 Jesus said unto Peter, Let not the lambs fear the wolves after they are dead; and ye also, fear ye not them that kill you and are not able to do anything to you; but fear Him that after ye are dead hath power over soul and body, to cast them into the Gehenna of fire. (2CL)
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