Matthew 6:27

Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

28And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,

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Cross References

Matthew 5:36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

1 Corinthians 12:18But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body--every one of them--as He has seen fit.

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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