Matthew 10:31
Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
In Context
30For even the hairs of your head have all been numbered.
Cross References
Psalms 8:5What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?
Matthew 12:11But he said to them: “Who is there among you, having even one sheep, if it will have fallen into a pit on the Sabbath, would not take hold of it and lift it up?
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →