Matthew 6:24-34

24 "¹No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot * serve God and ²wealth.

The Cure for Anxiety

25 "³For this reason I say to you, do not be ⁴worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 "⁵Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

27 "And who of you by being ⁶worried can ⁷add a single hour to his life?

28 "And why are you ⁸worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

29 yet I say to you that not even ⁹Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

30 "But if God so clothes the ¹⁰grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? ¹¹You of little faith!

31 "Do not ¹²worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'

32 "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for ¹³your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and ¹⁴all these things will be added to you.

34 "So do not ¹⁵worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 18:21; Luke 16:13; Galatians 1:10; James 4:4
• 2. Luke 16:9, 11, 13
• 3. Matthew 6:25-33: {Luke 12:22-31}
• 4. Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 5. Job 35:11; Job 38:41; Psalms 104:27, 28; Matthew 10:29f; Luke 12:24
• 6. Matt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 7. Psalms 39:5
• 8. Matt 6:25, 27, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 9. 1 Kings 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:4-6, 20-22
• 10. James 1:10, 11; 1 Peter 1:24
• 11. Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8
• 12. Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 34; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 13. Matthew 6:8; Philippians 4:19
• 14. Matthew 19:28; Mark 10:29; Luke 18:29; 1 Timothy 4:8
• 15. Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 31; Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11, 22; Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Gr "mamonas," for Aram "mamon" (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship
• [b]. Or "stop being worried"
• [c]. Lit "soul"
• [d]. Lit "heaven"
• [e]. Lit "cubit" (approx 18 in.)
• [f]. Or "height"
• [g]. Or "continually seek"
• [h]. Or "the kingdom"
• [i]. Or "provided"
• [j]. Lit "worry about itself"
• [k]. Lit "Sufficient for the day is its evils"