Matthew 6:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, Μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν, τί φάγητε, καὶ τί πίητε· μηδὲ τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν, τί ἐνδύσησθε. Οὐχὶ ἡ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς, καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος;

Transliteration

Dia touto legō to you, Mē merimnate to the psychē of you, what phagēte, and what piēte; mēde to the sōmati of you, what endysēsthe. Ouchi the psychē pleion estin of the trophēs, and the sōma of the endymatos?

Grammar Details

• *Dia touto legō*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun + present active indicative, 1st singular - because of this I say
• *Mē merimnate*: negative particle + present active imperative, 2nd plural - do not be anxious
• *psychē*: nominative, feminine, singular - life/soul
• *phagēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might eat
• *piēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might drink
• *mēde*: negative conjunction - neither/nor
• *sōmati*: dative, neuter, singular - for body
• *endysēsthe*: aorist middle subjunctive, 2nd plural - you might put on/clothe yourselves
• *Ouchi*: interrogative negative particle - not?
• *pleion estin*: comparative adjective, nominative, neuter, singular + present active indicative, 3rd singular - is more
• *trophēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of food/nourishment
• *sōma*: nominative, neuter, singular - body
• *endymatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of clothing/garment

Word Meanings

• *Dia touto*: therefore/for this reason/because of this
• *merimnate*: be anxious/worry/be concerned
• *psychē*: life/soul/inner self
• *phagēte*: you might eat/you would eat
• *piēte*: you might drink/you would drink
• *sōmati*: body/physical form
• *endysēsthe*: you might put on/you would clothe yourselves
• *pleion*: more/greater/of more value
• *trophēs*: food/nourishment/sustenance
• *endymatos*: clothing/garment/apparel

Referenced Verses

• Matt 6:31 : 31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?
• Phil 4:6 : 6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
• 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.
• Matt 6:34 : 34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.
• Luke 12:22-31 : 22 And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; 23 the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing. 24 `Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls? 25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? 26 If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious? 27 `Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these; 28 and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith? 29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense, 30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things; 31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
• Matt 6:27-28 : 27 `And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? 28 and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;
• 1 Cor 7:32 : 32 And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 `And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do; 5 but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?
• Matt 10:19 : 19 `And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;
• Matt 13:22 : 22 `And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
• Mark 4:19 : 19 and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
• Mark 13:11 : 11 `And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
• Luke 8:14 : 14 `And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.
• Luke 10:40-41 : 40 and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.' 41 And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,
• Luke 12:8-9 : 8 `And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God, 9 and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
• Luke 12:11 : 11 `And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
• Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' 6 so that we do boldly say, `The Lord `is' to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'
• Matt 5:22-28 : 22 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire. 23 `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, 24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift. 25 `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, 26 verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing. 27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.