Matthew 6:28
and concerning raiment why are you anxious? Look upon the lilies of the wilderness how they increase; they toil not, neither do they spin.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
27But who among you by being anxious can add to his stature one cubit?
29Yet I say to you, Not even Shelemun in all his glory was covered like one from among these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not anxious, therefore, nor say, What shall we eat, or, What shall we drink, or, How shall we be covered?
Luke 3:11He answered and said to them, Whoever hath two tunics, let him give to him who hath none; and whoever hath food, so let him do (likewise).
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, or scrip, or shoes, was any thing wanting to you? They say to him, 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 →