Luke 12:6

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

King James Version

In Context

5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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Cross References

Psalms 113:5Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

Psalms 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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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