Matthew 6:31

Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’

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In The King James Version

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

In Context

30So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?

32For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20But if you will say: What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow and do not gather our produce?

Psalms 37:3For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.

Matthew 15:33And the disciples said to him: “From where, then, in the desert, would we obtain enough bread to satisfy so a great multitude?”

1 Peter 5:7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

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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