{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000478",
  "slug": "sparrow",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/sparrow/",
  "canonical_name": "Sparrow",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "ANALOGY"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
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  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001064",
      "label": "Sparrows as low-priced birds in a providential lesser-to-greater argument",
      "classification": "ANALOGY",
      "definition": "Jesus uses the very small market price of sparrows as the lesser element in an argument for God’s detailed providential care and the greater value of his disciples.",
      "not_always": "The comparison concerns low human market price versus divine providential attention; it does not establish “sparrow = insignificance” as a universal symbolic code.",
      "scope_note": "The comparison concerns low human market price versus divine providential attention; it does not establish “sparrow = insignificance” as a universal symbolic code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001064",
          "statement": "Matthew 10:29–31 and Luke 12:6–7 present sparrows as inexpensive market birds and immediately insist that none is forgotten or outside the Father’s care; the legacy “small value/little note” idea is therefore valid only as the low-price side of Jesus’ lesser-to-greater argument, not as a statement that sparrows are insignificant to God.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
            "ANALOGY"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The comparison concerns low human market price versus divine providential attention; it does not establish “sparrow = insignificance” as a universal symbolic code.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ANTHROPOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001574",
              "osis_start": "Matt.10.29",
              "osis_end": "Matt.10.31",
              "display_label": "Matthew 10:29–31",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001575",
              "osis_start": "Luke.12.6",
              "osis_end": "Luke.12.7",
              "display_label": "Luke 12:6–7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}