Matthew 6:31

Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

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?

32For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?

Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.

Matthew 15:33And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of 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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