Matthew 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 

Matthew 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; 3  when 4  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 17:15

17:15 and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures 5  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

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.

2 tn Or “to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father.”

3 tn Grk “is temporary.”

4 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

5 tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).