Matthew 10:31
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
In Context
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Cross References
Psalms 8:5What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?
Matthew 12:11But he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that hath one sheep: and if the same fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not take hold on it and lift it up?
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses: Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for 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 →