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Matthew 10:29-36

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

29. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 33. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36. And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.

Matthew 10:29-36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 10:29

Theological / Devotional

Sparrows. Gr. strouthia, meaning any small birds, though especially used of sparrows. Small, wild birds are commonly sold in Oriental markets today.

Farthing. Gr. assarion, a diminutive derived from the Latin as, 1/16 of a denarius, that is, 1/16 of one day’s wage of an ordinary laborer (see p. 49).

Fall on the ground. In the parallel passage in Luke it is stated that “not one of them is forgotten before God” (ch. 12:6).

Without your Father. That is, without God’s taking notice of it. If He takes notice of the injury or death of a sparrow, how much more must the injury or death of His own sons and daughters mean to Him!

By SdaBc