Matthew 10:31
Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
In Context
30But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.
32"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 12:11"Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
1 Corinthians 9:9For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it 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 →