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Matthew 6:28

Why are you anxious about clothing? Think about the lilies in the fields, how they grow. They do not work, and they do not spin cloth.

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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

27Which one of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his lifespan?

29Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Therefore do not be anxious and say, 'What will we eat?' or, 'What will we drink?' or, 'What clothes will we wear?'

Luke 3:11He answered and said to them, “If someone has two tunics, he should share it with a person who has none, and the one having food should do the same.”

Luke 22:35Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out without a purse, a bag of provisions, or shoes, did you lack anything?” They answered, “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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