Matthew 6:28
And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?
29but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?
Luke 3:11And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you without purse and scrip and sandals, did ye lack 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 →