![]() But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you-you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. anxious solicitude, from dividing or distracting the mind. Take no thought Be not anxiously careful, this is the proper meaning of the word. 25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. Our Lord here proceeds to caution his disciples against worldly cares, these being as inconsistent with the true service of God as worldly desires. 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Therefore, on this account viz., that ye may not serve mammon, but have unshaken confidence in God, I say unto you,. “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. ![]() ![]() Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink or about your body, what you will wear. ![]()
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