Matthew 10:31
"Cease to be afraid! You are of greater value than many sparrows.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
In Context
30"The very hairs on your head are all numbered.
Cross References
Matthew 12:11"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?
1 Corinthians 9:9Yea, in the Law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while he is treading out the grain.
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 →