Matthew 10:31
Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
One Unity Resource Bible
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 8:5+ 8:5 (5-6) MP: His humiliation and exaltation is foretold. (Acts 2:23-24, 3:17-18; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Phil 2:7-9) For you have made him a little lower than the angels, 2 + 8:5 (5b-6) MP: Messiah is given authority over all things. (Matt 28:18; 1 Cor 15:27; Heb 2:8-9) and crowned him with glory and honor. 1
Matthew 12:11+ 12:11 (13-14) MP: Messiah will have compassion for “the bruised reed,” the poor, the weak, the needy, and broken hearted. (See also Is 61:1-2). (Is 42:3-4) He said to them, “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath ·To cease· day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out? + 12:11 Sabbath laws, see (Deut 22:4 OU417)
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 →