Matthew 10:31

Do not, therefore, be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

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In The King James Version

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

In Context

30While as for you, even the hairs of your head are numbered.

32Everyone, therefore, who will publicly acknowledge me, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;

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Cross References

Psalms 8:5Yet you made them little less than divine, crowned them with glory and majesty,

Matthew 12:11But Jesus said to them, “Which of you, if he had only one sheep, and that sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath, would not lay hold of it and pull it out?

1 Corinthians 9:9For in the Law of Moses it is said – ‘You should not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.’ Is it the bullocks that God is thinking of?

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 →

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