Matthew 6:31

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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In Context

30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Psalms 78:18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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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