Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are all of you not much better than they?
Updated King James Version
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In Context
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Cross References
Genesis 6:21And take you unto you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.
Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of food.
Psalms 104:27These wait all upon you; that you may give them their food in due season.
Psalms 147:9He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is 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 →