Matthew 6:28
And why are ye sollicitous about raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I tell you,
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
27And which of you by all his thought can add one cubit to his stature?
29that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or how shall we be clothed?
Luke 3:11And he saith unto them, Let him that hath two coats, give one to him that hath none, and let him that hath food do the like.
Luke 22:35And He said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, or bag, or shoes, did ye want any thing? and they said, Nothing.
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 →