"I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:4–7 (RSV)
Five sparrows for two pennies is still overpriced. One would think it ought to be reversed; pay me two pennies to take five sparrows off your hands. I am not sure what value a sparrow may have had in the days of Jesus, but in NE Iowa today, you could not sell a sparrow if your life depended on it.
Yet the Father does not forget a single, useless little bird. We hardly notice a sparrow, let alone mourn its death. God does, and as Jesus reminds us, we are of greater worth the Father than many sparrows.
Death is not within the Father's purpose for sparrows or us. He has given His Son to redeem the whole of creation. I have no insight as to the eternal destiny of a sparrow. The Father, who notes the fall of a single tiny bird, opens the gates of heaven for our salvation.
Fear not; you are of more value than name sparrows.