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Matthew 10:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. "
Matthew 10:31
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 10:1
"He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness."
Matthew 10:2
"Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;"
Matthew 10:3
"Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;"
Matthew 10:4
"Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him."
Matthew 10:5
"Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans."
Matthew 10:6
"Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
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