Matthew 6:31

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

Darby Translation

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

30But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, will he not much rather you, O [ye] of little faith?

32for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;

Psalms 37:3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;

Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their heart, by asking meat for their lust;

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

1 Peter 5:7having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about 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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