Matthew 6:27

And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?

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In The King James Version

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

In Context

26Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?

28And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.

Matthew 5:36Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But instead, God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as it has pleased him.

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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