Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

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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

5But I will warn you about whom to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear him.

7But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:5Who is like Yahweh our God, 1 who has his seat on high, 1

Psalms 147:9He gives food to the animals 1 and to the young ravens when they cry. 1

Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, that they do not sow or reap. They have no storeroom or barn, but God feeds them. How much more valuable you are 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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