Matthew 6:27

But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they?

28And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now hath God placed the members, every one of them in the body, as he hath chosen.

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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