Matthew 6:28
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
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In Context
27“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
Luke 3:11He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
Luke 22:35He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, bag, and sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “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 →