Matthew 6:31

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?

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In The King James Version

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

In Context

30And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?

32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase,

Psalms 37:3Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.

Psalms 78:18And they challenged God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude?

1 Peter 5:7having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

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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