Matthew 6:27

Which of you by being anxious can add a single moment to yoʋr span of life?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Look at the birds of the sky: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: They do not toil or spin,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36Neither shall yoʋ swear by yoʋr head, for yoʋ cannot make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But as it is, God has placed each one of the members in the body just as he desired.

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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