Matthew 6:28
And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:
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27And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?
29But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?
Luke 3:11And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of 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 →