Matthew 10:31

31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:31 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
English Standard Version (ESV)
31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
New Living Translation (NLT)
31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
The Message Bible (MSG)
31 So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.
American Standard Version (ASV)
31 Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
31 Don't be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
31 Don't be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
31 So don't be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:31 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 10:31

Fear ye not therefore
Neither be afraid of men, nor distrust the providence of God; for if that reaches to the meanest of creatures, sparrows, and to that which is of the least account with men, the single hair of a man's head; much more must it regard the lives of men, and still more such useful lives as those of the disciples were, who were called to, and employed in preaching the everlasting Gospel; a work which so much concerned the glory of God, the interest of Christ, and the good of immortal souls:

ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Two of them were worth no more than a farthing; there must be a great multitude of them to be mentioned with any man: and indeed there is no comparison between the whole species of them and the life of a single man, and much less between them and the apostles of the Lamb. Any man is more valuable, as a man, than many sparrows, and much more a Christian man, and still more an apostle: the argument then is, that if God takes care of sparrows and is concerned for their lives, much more will he take care of his faithful ministers, and not suffer their lives to be taken away, till they have done the will and work of their Lord.

Matthew 10:31 In-Context

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Matthew 6:26; Matthew 12:12
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