Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
KJV
μὴ οὖν φοβεῖσθε· πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς.
Greek NT
Nolite ergo timere : multis passeribus meliores estis vos.
Vulgate
Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
ASV
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διαφέρω
diaphero
verb · 13×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
στρουθίον
strouthion
noun · 4×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: φοβεῖσθε | WH/Treg/NIV: φοβεῖσθε | RP: φοβηθῆτε
- φοβεῖσθε — SBLGNT
- φοβεῖσθε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φοβηθῆτε — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§305Jesus asks for childlike abandonment to the providence of our heavenly Father who takes care of his children's smallest needs: "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?". . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well."167 Providence an…
2. Then, having rid them of all distress, and fears, and anxiety, and set them above men's reproaches, then, and not till then, He seasonably discourses to them also of boldness in their preaching. For, What I tell you, says He, in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what you have heard in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:27 Yet it was not at all darknes…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:9 — For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
- 1Pet 3:14 — But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
- Deut 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
- Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Luke 12:24 — 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?
- Luke 12:24 — 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?
- Matt 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matt 12:11 — And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Matt 12:12 — How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
- Ps 8:5 — For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.