Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God's notice.
Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
But one poor widow came and put in two farthings, which make a half-penny.
Think of the ravens--they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was not robed like one of these.