Matthew 6:26
Observe intently, the birds of the heaven,—that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
27But who from among you, being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee,—and it shall be for thee and for them for food.
Job 38:41Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment,—when his young ones—unto GOD—cry out, [when] they wander for lack of food?
Psalms 104:27All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season;
Psalms 147:9Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
Matthew 7:9Or what man, from among yourselves, whom his son shall ask for a loaf,—a stone, will give him?
Luke 12:6Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.
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 →