But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

And Elijah the Tishbite, {who was} of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, {As} the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. {Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias}

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

And the king was exceeding sorry; {yet} for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give {them} their meat in due season.

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. {storehouses: or, barns}

He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry.

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}

Every raven after his kind;

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field {are} mine. {mine: Heb. with me}