Matthew 6:29

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In Context

28And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

30But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

2 Chronicles 9:20All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

1 Peter 3:2When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.

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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