Are not two sparrows sold [in the market for food] for a small coin [Note: The coin mentioned here was worth about a half hour's worth of a farm laborer's pay, or about $3 in 1994]? And not a [single] one of them can fall to the ground without your Father [knowing about it].

But what should I compare the people of this generation with? They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, who call out to their playmates,

He went out about nine o'clock in the morning and saw other unemployed laborers standing [around] in the open shopping market.