Matthew 6:28
And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.
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?
29But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
Luke 3:11And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.
Luke 22:35When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, did you want 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 →