Matthew 6:27

And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

In Context

26Look to the birds of the sky, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father nourishes them; are you not much better than they?

28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? They do not labor, nor do they spin;

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Behold, You have made my days handbreadths, || And my age [is] as nothing before You, || Only, every man set up [is] all vanity. Selah.

Matthew 5:36nor may you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black;

1 Corinthians 12:18And now, God set the members, each one of them in the body, according as He willed,

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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