Matthew 6:27

And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they?

28And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has placed the members each one of them in the body, as he wished.

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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