Matthew 6:27

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Look at the wild birds — they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?

28And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36Nor should you swear by your head, since you cannot make a single hair either white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.

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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