Matthew 6:31

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

In Context

30'And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe — not much more you, O ye of little faith?

32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:20'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?

Psalms 37:3Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

Psalms 78:18And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say to him, 'Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

1 Peter 5:7all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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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