Matthew 6:28
And 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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In Context
27And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
29But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’
Luke 3:11But in response, he said to them: “Whoever has two coats, let him give to those who do not have. And whoever has food, let him act similarly.”
Luke 22:35“When I sent you without money or provisions or shoes, did you lack anything?”
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 →