Matthew 10:31 BSB — MannaFest

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7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μὴ	mē	Not	G3361 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
φοβεῖσθε·	phobeisthe	do fear;	G5399 →
πολλῶν	pollōn	than many	G4183 →
στρουθίων	strouthiōn	sparrows	G4765 →
διαφέρετε	diapherete	are worth more	G1308 →
ὑμεῖς.¶	humeis	you yourselves.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
leads to
- Psalms 147:9
  He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 38:41
  Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 10:29–31
  Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- Luke 12:24–32
  Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Through
Psalms 8:5
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:7
  You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- Hebrews 2:9
  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
- Genesis 1:26–27
  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!Psalms 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?Matthew 12:11–12He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?1 Corinthians 9:9–10For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?Matthew 12:12How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”Deuteronomy 20:3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

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