25 “Therefore
I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you
will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than
food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look
at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by
being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown
into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be
anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall
we wear?’ 32 For the
Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you
need them all. 33 But
seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will
be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is
its own trouble.
Matthew
6:25-34
The start of our passage today is
with the word “Therefore.” This connecting word indicates that there is
a continuation from the previous passage.
And the previous passage we found is:
24 “No one
can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or
he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. (v. 24)
