Matthew 6:29

But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In Context

28And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

30And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:4And when the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

2 Chronicles 9:20And all the vessels of the king's table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.

1 Peter 3:2Considering your chaste conversation with fear.

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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