26 Behold the fowls of the [a]heaven: for they sow not, neither reap, nor carry into the barns, yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by [b]taking care is able to add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why care ye for raiment? Learn how the Lilies of the field do grow: they [c]are not wearied, neither spin:

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:26 Of the air, or that live in the air: for in all tongues almost this word Heaven is taken for the air.
  2. Matthew 6:27 He speaketh of care which is joined with thought of mind, and hath for the most part difficult yoke with it.
  3. Matthew 6:28 By labor.

26 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.(A) Are you not much more valuable than they?(B) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?(C)

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height