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Matthew 6:28

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither labor nor spin,

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

In Context

27And which of you can add one cubit to his stature by worrying?

29and yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was arrayed like one of these.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Therefore do not worry saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Luke 3:11In answer he said to them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food should do likewise.”

Luke 22:35Then He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” And they said, “Nothing.”

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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