Matthew 6:27

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

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

In Context

26Behold 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?

28And why take all of you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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Cross References

Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Matthew 5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him.

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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