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Matthew 6:25-26 KJV
Matthew · chapter 6 · verses 25–26
25Therefore 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? 26Behold 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?Matthew 6:25-26 · King James Version
Matthew 6:25-26 in context
23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25Therefore 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?
26Behold 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?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Commentary
Cross references
- Philippians 4:6
- 1 Peter 5:7
- Romans 8:32
- Psalms 55:22
- Luke 12:22-31
- Matthew 6:31
- Matthew 6:27-28
- Mark 4:19
- Matthew 10:29-31
- Psalms 147:9
- Luke 12:24-32
- Job 38:41
Key words (Strong's)
- heavenlyouraniosheavenly, dwelling in heaven, coming from heavenG3770 →
- thoughtmerimnaōto be anxious, to be troubled with cares, to care for, look out for , to seek to promote…G3309 →
- Beholdemblepōto turn one s eyes on, look at, metaph. to look at with the mind, to considerG1689 →
- Beholdeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- gathersynagōto gather together, to gather, to draw together, collect, of fishes, of a net in which…G4863 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- drinkpinōto drink, figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen…G4095 →
- fowlspeteinonflying, winged, flying or winged animals, birds, the birds of the heavenG4071 →
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There is scarcely any one sin against which our Lord Jesus more largely and earnestly warns his disciples, or against which he arms them with more variety of arguments, than the sin of disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of life, which are a bad sign that both the treasure and the heart are on…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-34