Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him.

7No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?

Psalms 147:9He gives the cattle their food the young ravens food when they cry.

Luke 12:24Think of the ravens – they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than 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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