Matthew 10:31
Therefore be not afraid: ye are more important than many sparrows.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
In Context
30As for you, even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
Cross References
Matthew 12:11And he said to them, What man among you is there, who, if he have a sheep, and it fall into a pit on the day of the sabbath, doth not lay hold of it and lift it out?
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that thresheth. Hath God regard for oxen?
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 →