Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Are not five sparrows sold [i.e., in the market as food] for two coins? [Note: The coins here amount to just over one hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $8 in 1994]. Yet in the presence of God, not a [single] one of them is forgotten.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
A Conservative Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
American Standard Version
Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Bible in Basic English
Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.
Common New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
Darby Translation
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Godbey New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
John Wesley New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Julia Smith Translation
Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?
King James 2000
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Modern King James verseion
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Are not five sparrows bought for two farthings? and yet not one of them is forgotten of God.
Moffatt New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Montgomery New Testament
"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God!
NET Bible
Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
New Heart English Bible
"Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Noyes New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and not one of them is forgotten before God.
Sawyer New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God?
The Emphasized Bible
Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, yet not one of them is forgotten before God?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God's notice.
Webster
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Weymouth New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? and yet not one of them is a thing forgotten in God's sight.
Williams New Testament
Are not sparrows sold five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten by God!
World English Bible
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Worrell New Testament
"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Worsley New Testament
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaries, and not one of them is forgotten before God.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
Themes
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows
Christian ministers » God's care of
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Fear God Rather Than People
5 But I am warning you about whom you should fear. Fear the One [i.e., God] who, after He has killed [i.e., the body], has power to throw [you] into hell [See note on Matt. 5:29]. Yes, I tell you, fear Him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold [i.e., in the market as food] for two coins? [Note: The coins here amount to just over one hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $8 in 1994]. Yet in the presence of God, not a [single] one of them is forgotten. 7 [God even knows] the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs]. [So], do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.
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Cross References
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].
Luke 12:24
Look at the ravens; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop]; they do not have a storage locker or a barn, and [yet] God feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than those birds?
Luke 12:27
"Consider how [wild] lilies grow; they do not work or weave, yet I tell you, even Solomon, clothed in his very finest royal robes, was never dressed [as luxuriously] as one of these [flowers].