Matthew 6:27

But who among you by being anxious can add to his stature one cubit?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

In Context

26Behold the fowls of the heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor collect into granaries; yet your Father who is in heaven nourisheth them: are you not far more considerable than they?

28and concerning raiment why are you anxious? Look upon the lilies of the wilderness how they increase; they toil not, neither do they spin.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make a single hair in it either black or white.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now hath Aloha set all the members severally in the body as he willed.

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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