Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 12:6

"Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God." — Luke 12:6 (ASV)

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? (Luke 12:6)—The variation from Saint Matthew’s two sparrows sold for a farthing (Matthew 10:29), seems to reproduce the very bargains of the marketplace. The sparrow was of so little value that the odd bird was thrown in to tempt the purchasers. Both this difference, and that between not one of them shall fall to the ground without your Father (Matthew 10:29), in Saint Matthew, and not one of them is forgotten before God (Luke 12:6), in Saint Luke, are proofs, again, of the independence of the two Gospels.