Small Value of Sparrows
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.


The value of a sparrow is just about as little as anything that could come under appraisement. Two of them are sold. for a farthing (less than a penny of our money). Two for a farthing, says one evangelist; five for two farthings, says another. "A charming discrepancy," says some one — and, indeed, when we think of it, the discrepancy takes us into the very market-place, and we see the humble trading going on. "How much? .... Two for a farthing; but if you take two farthings' worth, you shall have one thrown into the bargain; you shall have five.

(A. Raleigh, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

WEB: "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,




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