Matthew 6:31

Therefore be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which exists to-day, and tomorrow falls into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, ye small in faith?

32For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:33His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude?

1 Peter 5:7And cast all your solicitude upon God; 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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