Matthew 6:27

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to the span of his life?

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Behold the birds of the air: they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin:

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now God has set the members, every 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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