Matthew 6:27

And which man of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

In Context

26Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

28And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.

Matthew 5:36Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he intended.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:26-34

The Sermon on the Mount. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider… Read the whole commentary →

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