Matthew 6:31

Do not then be anxious saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be arrayed?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

30Now, if the grass of the field—which to-day, is, and, to-morrow, into an oven, is cast—God thus adorneth, not much rather, you, little of faith?

32For, all these things, the nations, seek after,—for your heavenly Father, knoweth, that ye are needing, all these things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!

Psalms 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;

Psalms 78:18They put GOD to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him—Whence, to us, in a wilderness, loaves in such numbers as to fill a multitude, so great?

1 Peter 5:7All your anxiety, casting upon him, because 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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