6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
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Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. …
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. …
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)We find here, I. A vast auditory that was got together to hear Christ preach. The scribes and Pharisees sought to accuse him , and do him mischief; but the people, who were not under the bias of their prejudices and jealousies, still admired him, attended on him, and did him honour. In the mean time (Luke 12:1), while he was in the Pharisee’s house, contending with them that sought to ensnare him,…
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