Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible by the Law of Moses to do what is good on a Sabbath day.”
Luke 12:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Indeed, [God even knows] the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs]. [So], do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. American Standard Version (1901) But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Common English Bible Even the hairs on your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. Catholic Public Domain Version But even the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. |
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible by the Law of Moses to do what is good on a Sabbath day.”
Look at the birds in the sky; they do not plant seeds or harvest [a crop] or store [things] in barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them [adequately]. Are you not a lot more valuable than they are?
I urge you to eat some food; it will be for your own good, for not one hair from anyone's head will be lost.”