Matthew 6:28
and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
29and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
Cross References
Matthew 6:31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?
Luke 3:11and he answering saith to them, 'He having two coats — let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals — in like manner let him do.'
Luke 22:35And he said to them, 'When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' 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 →