6Are five sparrows not sold for two 12:6 A Roman copper coin (singular assarion), about 1/16 of a laborer’s daily wageassaria? And yet not one of them has gone unnoticed in the sight of God.
6Are not five sparrows sold for two 12:6 Gr assarion, a Roman coin equal to a 16th of a denarius (the denarius was counted as a day’s wages for an unskilled worker).copper coins? Yet not one of them has [ever] been forgotten in the presence of God.
6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius. Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.