Mǎtaìfúyīn 6:28

28 Hébì wèi yīshang yōulǜ ne . nǐ xiǎng yĕdì lǐ de bǎihéhuā , zĕnyàng zhǎng qǐlai , tā yĕ bù laókǔ , yĕ bù fǎng xiàn .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 6:28 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 6:28

And why take ye thought for raiment
Having exposed the folly of an anxious and immoderate care and thought, for food to support and prolong life, our Lord proceeds to show the vanity of an over concern for raiment:

consider the lilies of the field
or "the flowers of the field", as the Arabic version reads it, the lilies being put for all sorts of flowers. The Persic version mentions both rose and lily; the one being beautifully clothed in red, the other in white. Christ does not direct his hearers to the lilies, or flowers which grow in the garden which receive some advantage from the management and care of the gardener; but to those of the field, where the art and care of men were not so exercised: and besides, he was now preaching on the mount, in an open place; and as he could point to the fowls of the air, flying in their sight, so to the flowers, in the adjacent fields and valleys: which he would have them look upon, with their eyes, consider and contemplate in their minds,

how they grow;
in what variety of garbs they appear, of what different beautiful colours, and fragrant odours, they were; and yet

they toil not,
or do not labour as husbandmen do, in tilling their land, ploughing their fields, and sowing them with flax, out of which linen garments are made:

neither do they spin;
the flax, when plucked and dressed, as women do, in order for clothing; nor do they weave it into cloth, or make it up into garments, as other artificers do.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 6:28 In-Context

26 Nǐmen kàn nà tiān shang de fēiniǎo , yĕ bú zhòng , yĕ bù shōu , yĕ bù jīxù zaì cāng lǐ , nǐmen de tiān fù shàngqiĕ yǎnghuo tā . nǐmen bù bǐ fēiniǎo guìzhòng de duō .

27 Nǐmen nà yī ge néng yòng sīlǜ , shǐ shòushu duō jiā yī kè ne . ( huò zuò shǐ shēnliang duō jiā yī zhǒu ne )

28 Hébì wèi yīshang yōulǜ ne . nǐ xiǎng yĕdì lǐ de bǎihéhuā , zĕnyàng zhǎng qǐlai , tā yĕ bù laókǔ , yĕ bù fǎng xiàn .

29 Ránér wǒ gàosu nǐmen , jiù shì Suǒluómén jí rónghuá de shíhou , nà tā suǒ chuāndaì de , hái bù rú zhè huā yī duǒ ne .

30 Nǐmen zhè xiǎo xìn de rén nǎ , yĕdì de cǎo , jīntiān hái zaì , míngtiān jiù diū zaì lú lǐ , shén hái gĕi tā zhèyàng de zhuāngshì , hékuàng nǐmen ne .