Matthew 6:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:25 : 25 `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?
  • 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?
  • Luke 12:27 : 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;
  • Luke 22:35-36 : 35 And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.' 36 Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take `it' up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,
  • 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;
  • Matt 10:10 : 10 nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.
  • Luke 3:11 : 11 and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.'

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  • Luke 12:22-31
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    91%

    22And 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;

    23the 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?

    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    26If, 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;

    28and 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,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Matt 6:29-34
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    29and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be 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.

  • Matt 6:25-27
    3 verses
    83%

    25`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?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

    27`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

  • Matt 6:19-20
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    70%

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

    20but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

  • Matt 6:7-8
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    7`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

    8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

    7but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

  • Matt 10:29-31
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    68%

    29`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

    30and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

    31be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
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    8but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;

  • Mark 6:9
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    9but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

  • Luke 7:25
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    25but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

  • Luke 12:15-17
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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

  • Matt 11:8
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    8`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

  • Luke 12:33
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    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

  • Luke 8:14
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    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.

  • Jas 1:11
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    11for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

  • Mark 13:16
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    16and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

  • Mark 4:26-27
    2 verses
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    26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

    27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

  • Prov 27:25
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    25Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

  • Luke 9:3
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    3And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

  • Matt 24:18
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    18and he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his garments.

  • Luke 5:36
    66%

    36And he spake also a simile unto them -- `No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that `is' from the new.

  • Matt 13:6
    66%

    6and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

  • Mark 4:32
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    32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'