So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region.

and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) – those influential leaders added nothing to my message.