Matthew 6:26 · KJV
“Behold 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 6:26
Therefore 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?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Matthew 6 — Context
No 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:
Cross References
Matthew 10:29-31
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. {farthing: it is in value halfpenny farthing in the original, as being the tenth part of the Roman penny}
Psalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry.
Luke 12:24-32
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Psalms 145:15-16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}
Psalms 104:27-28
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give {them} their meat in due season.
Luke 12:6-7
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.