Matthew 6:26
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
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In Context
27“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
Psalms 104:27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
Psalms 147:9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
Matthew 7:9Or who is there amongst you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 12:6“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by 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 →