Matthew 10:31
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- KJV
- Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- WEB
- Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
- ASV
- Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- DARBY
- Fear not therefore; *ye* are better than many sparrows.
- BLB
- Therefore do not be afraid; you⁺ are more valuable than many sparrows.
- ÅB
- Så ikke vær redde! Dere er mer verdt enn mange spurver.
- OTB
- Så vær ikke redde; dere er mer verdifulle enn mange spurver.
- B1930
- Frykt derfor ikke! I er mere enn mange spurver.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Read in contextPsalms 8:5
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
Read in contextMatthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Read in contextMatthew 12:11–12
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:9–10
For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
Read in context