Matthew 6:28
And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
27And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence?
29But I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed?
Luke 3:11And responding he says to them, Let the one having two coats, give to him having none, and let the one having food do likewise.
Luke 22:35Then He said to them, When I sent you without purse, and valise, and sandals, did you lack anything? And 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 →