Luke 12:7 (GNV)

Passage

Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:5 But I wil forewarne you, who ye shall feare: feare him which after hee hath killed, hath power to cast into hell: yea, I say vnto you, him feare.

Luke 12:6 Are not fiue sparowes bought for two farthings, and yet not one of them is forgotten before God?

Luke 12:7 Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred: feare not therefore: yee are more of value then many sparowes.

Luke 12:8 Also I say vnto you, Whosoeuer shall confesse mee before men, him shall the Sonne of man confesse also before the Angels of God.

Luke 12:9 But hee that shall denie mee before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heares", "head", "nombred", "feare", "therefore", "value", and "sparowes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heares" and "head", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Are not fiue sparowes bought for two..." into verse 8's "Also I say vnto you Whosoeuer shall...", so "heares" and "head" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heares" and "head" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.