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“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
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An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
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NEW TESTAMENT
All chapters Luke 12:6–9
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But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
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“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
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Verse 8. Whosoever shall confess me. By these words we are informed, that more than bare inward protestations of fidelity will be demanded of us; for he moreover requires an exterior confession of our faith. Saint Ambrose.
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but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
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