Luke 12:6

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 show you, of whom to be afraid: of him who, after he hath killed, hath authority to cast into hell. Yea, say I to you: be afraid of him.

7And as for you, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; for ye are superior to many sparrows.

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Cross References

Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, which sow not, nor reap, nor have cellars and storehouses; yet God provideth them food. How much more important now are ye, 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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