²⁹ "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion{An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

⁶ "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins{An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an agricultural laborer.}? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

⁷ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

²⁷ These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.

²⁸ You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

²⁹ You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

³⁰ You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.