Job 35:11
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 Who (A)teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
Job 38:41
New American Standard Bible 1995
41 “Who prepares for (A)the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Psalm 104:27-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
27 They all (A)wait for You
To (B)give them their food in [a]due season.
28 You give to them, they gather it up;
You (C)open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:27 Lit its appointed time
Matthew 10:29-42
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29 (A)Are not two sparrows sold for a [a]cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But (B)the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So do not fear; (C)you are more valuable than many sparrows.
32 “Therefore (D)everyone who [b]confesses Me before men, I will also confess [c]him before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But (E)whoever [d]denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
34 “(F)Do not think that I came to [e]bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to (G)set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and (H)a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.
37 “(I)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And (J)he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 (K)He who has found his [f]life will lose it, and he who has lost his [g]life for My sake will find it.
The Reward of Service
40 “(L)He who receives you receives Me, and (M)he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. 41 (N)He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 And (O)whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these [h]little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 10:29 Gr assarion, the smallest copper coin
- Matthew 10:32 Lit will confess in Me
- Matthew 10:32 Lit in him
- Matthew 10:33 Lit will deny
- Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
- Matthew 10:39 Or soul
- Matthew 10:39 Or soul
- Matthew 10:42 I.e. humble
Luke 12:24
New American Standard Bible 1995
24 Consider the (A)ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor (B)barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
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