Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds in the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they are?
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27Which one of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his lifespan?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21Gather for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and store it, so that it will be food for you and for them.”
Job 38:41Who provides victims for the ravens 1 when their young ones cry out to God 1 and stagger about for lack of food?
Psalms 104:27All these look to you to give them 1 their food on time. 1
Psalms 147:9He gives food to the animals 1 and to the young ravens when they cry. 1
Matthew 7:9Or which one of you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
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 →