Matthew 6:28
"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
27"Which one of you by being anxious is able to add even one cubit to his stature?
29"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31"Then do not be anxious,saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’"
Luke 3:11"If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same."
Luke 22:35Moreover, he said to them, "When I sent you out without purse or wallet or sandals, did you lack anything?" They answered him, "We lacked 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 →