Luke 12:6

Luke 12:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
• New International Version (NIV)Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins ? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.

Context of Luke 12:6

4"I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. 8"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,

Luke 12:6 word by word

οὐχὶ πέντε στρουθία πωλοῦνται ἀσσαρίων δύο; καὶ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιλελησμένον ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Areπωλέωpōleō · to sellG4453
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• sparrowsστρουθίονstrouthion · sparrowG4765
• forἀσσάριονassarion · assarionG787
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• notοὐou · noG3756
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• forgottenἐπιλανθάνωepilanthanomai · to forgetG1950
• beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Luke 12:6

• Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
• Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
• Psalms 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
• Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
• Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
• Psalms 147:9He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.

Commentaries on Luke 12:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? - See this explained on Matthew 10:29; (note), from which place we learn that two sparrows were sold for one farthing, and here; that five were sold for two farthings: thus we find a certain proportion - for one farthing you could get but two, while for two farthings you could get five.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-9Verses 2-9 Nothing covered - See the notes at Matthew 10:26-32. Luke 12:3 Shall be proclaimed upon the housetops - See the notes at Matthew 10:27. The custom of making proclamation from the tops or roofs of houses still prevails in the East. Dr. Thomson (“The Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 51,52) says: “At the present day, local governors in country districts cause their commands thus to be published. Their proclamations are generally made in the evening…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Each of the two pennies was worth about half an hour of work for a person who earned a living by working day jobs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. five ... for two farthings--In Mt 10:29 it is "two for one farthing"; so if one took two farthings' worth, he got one in addition--of such small value were they. than many sparrows--not "than millions of sparrows"; the charm and power of our Lord's teaching is very much in this simplicity.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 12:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Animals
• Birds
• Farthing
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Sparrow

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Ask
• Beat
• Divide
• Divider
• Farthing
• Forewarn
• Hell
• Hypocrisy

Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings