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Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(A) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(B)

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Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies?[a] Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.(A) Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:6 Lit two assaria; the assarion (sg) was a small copper coin

“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins[a]? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:6 Greek two assaria [Roman coins equal to 1⁄16 of a denarius].

6-7 “What’s the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose change, right? But God never overlooks a single one. And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don’t be intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a million canaries.

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

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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