Matthew 10:29

10:29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? ¹  Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. ² 

Matthew 21:24

21:24 Jesus ³  answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 25:32

25:32 All ⁴  the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

¹ sn The penny refers to an assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one-sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s average wage. Sparrows were the cheapest items sold in the market. God knows about even the most financially insignificant things; see Isa 49:15.

² tn Or “to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.”

³ tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.