Matthew 6:27

But who from among you, being anxious, can add to his stature one cubit?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Observe 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?

28And, about clothing, why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow,—they toil not neither do they spin;

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]

Matthew 5:36Nor, by thine own head, mayest thou swear, because thou art not able to make, one hair, white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But, now, hath God set the members, each one of them in the body, even as he pleased.

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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