Matthew 6:28
And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,
A Conservative Version
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In Context
27And which man of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span?
29yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?
Luke 3:11And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
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 →