Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings St Matthew says -twosparrows for onefarthing." The little birds were sold in the markets strung together, or on skewers. The varying expressions of St Matthew and St Luke lead us to the interesting fact that if five were bought one was thrown in,which still more forcibly proves how insignificant was the value of the sparrows; yet even that unvalued odd one was not "forgotten before God." The word for "farthings" is assaria;St Mark uses κοδράντης (quadrans), Luke 12:42.

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