Matthew 6:26
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee: and it shall be food for thee and them.
Job 38:41Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat?
Psalms 104:27All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.
Psalms 147:9The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.
Matthew 7:9Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
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 →