Matthew 6:26-34

26 ¹Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. ²Are you not of more value than they?

27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his ³span of life?^[a]

28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

29 yet I tell you, ⁴even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, ⁵O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 For ⁶the Gentiles seek after all these things, and ⁷your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

33 But ⁸seek first ⁹the kingdom of God and his righteousness, ¹⁰and all these things will be added to you.

34 ¹¹"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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Cross References 11

1. [Job 38:41; Psalms 147:9]
2. Matthew 10:31
3. Luke 2:52
4. 1 Kings 10:4-7
5. Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8; [Matthew 17:20]
6. ver. 7
7. ver. 8
8. [Matthew 5:6, 20]
9. ver. 10
10. [1 Kings 3:11-14; Mark 10:29, 30; 1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 3:9]
11. [James 4:13, 14]

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[a]. Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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Matthew 6:26-34

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