Matius 10:29

10:29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? ¹  Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. ² 

Matius 18:13

18:13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, ³  he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Matius 26:13

26:13 I tell you the truth, ⁴  wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

[10:29]  ¹ sn The penny refers to an assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one-sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s average wage. Sparrows were the cheapest items sold in the market. God knows about even the most financially insignificant things; see Isa 49:15.

[10:29]  ² tn Or “to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.”

[18:13]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[26:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”