Matthew 6:27

"Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature?

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26"Behold! the birds in the sky! They neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them; and are not you worth more than they?

28"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36"Nor must you swear by your head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him.

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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