Matthew 6:27

But who of you by anxious thought can add to his life one cubit?

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?

28And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin;

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]

Matthew 5:36nor shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But as it is, God set the members every one of them in the body, as it pleased him.

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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