Matthew 10:31 - Exposition

The minuteness of this care forbids you to fear; it is clear from it that you are worth more than even many sparrows. Fear ye (the Revised Version omits ye ) not. The absence of ὑμεῖς lays all the more stress on the verb. Therefore . As the hairs of your head are all numbered; the following words are thus epexegetic. Ye . Emphatic here; ye who are God's sons. The thought is stronger than even that of the "faithful Creator," in 1 Peter 4:19 . Are of more value than many sparrows. So, too, any man than a sheep ( Matthew 12:12 ).