Matthew 6:31

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

World Messianic Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

In Context

30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”

Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Psalms 78:18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

Matthew 15:33The disciples said to him, “Where could we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”

1 Peter 5:7casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

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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