26 (A)Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. (B)Are you not of more value than they?

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29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?[a] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But (A)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; (B)you are of more value than many sparrows.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

He (A)gives to the beasts their food,
    and to (B)the young ravens that cry.

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24 (A)Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. (B)Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (C)span of life?[a] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[b] yet I tell you, (D)even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, (E)O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor (F)be worried. 30 For (G)all the nations of the world seek after these things, and (H)your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, (I)seek (J)his[c] kingdom, (K)and these things will be added to you.

32 (L)“Fear not, little (M)flock, for (N)it is your Father's good pleasure to give you (O)the kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Luke 12:27 Some manuscripts Consider the lilies; they neither spin nor weave
  3. Luke 12:31 Some manuscripts God's

41 Who provides for (A)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?

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15 The eyes of all (A)look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.
16 You (B)open your hand;
    you (C)satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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27 These (A)all look to you,
    to (B)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you (C)open your hand, they are filled with good things.

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Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[a] And (A)not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, (B)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; (C)you are of more value than many sparrows.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

32 For (A)the Gentiles seek after all these things, and (B)your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

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11 who teaches us (A)more than the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

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Or which one of you, if his son asks him for (A)bread, will give him (B)a stone?

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11 they (A)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.

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29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. (A)You shall have them for food. 30 And (B)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. 31 (C)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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