Matthew 6:26
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
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In Context
27And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.
Psalms 104:27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
Psalms 147:9He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.
Matthew 7:9Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.
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 →