Matthew 6:28
And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27But which of you, by his cares, can add one cubit to his stature?
29yet I tell you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Wherefore be under no anxiety, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?
Luke 3:11And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner.
Luke 22:35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, or scrip, or sandals, lacked ye any thing? 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 →