Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And one of them is not forgotten before God,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

In Context

5but I will show to you whom you may fear: fear Him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I say to you, fear Him.

7but even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:5Who [is] as our God YHWH, || He is exalting [Himself] to sit?

Psalms 147:9Giving to the beast its food, || To the young of the ravens that call.

Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God nourishes them; how much better are you than the birds?

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:2-13

Christ's Charge to His Apostles. 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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