Matthew 6:25-34

Do Not Be Anxious

25 e "Therefore I tell you, f 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 g Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. h Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his i span of life? 1 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, j 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, k 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 l the Gentiles seek after all these things, and m your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But n seek first o the kingdom of God and his righteousness, p and all these things will be added to you.

34 q "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 6:25 - 33
    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?
    Luke 12:22 - 31
    And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 6:27 - 28
    And which of you by being anxious can add a sin...
    Matthew 6:31
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    Matthew 6:34
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    Matthew 10:19
    When they deliver you over, do not be anxious h...
    Matthew 13:22
    As for what was sown among thorns, this is the ...
    1 Corinthians 7:32
    I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmar...
    Philippians 4:6
    Do not be anxious about anything, but in everyt...
    1 Peter 5:7
    Casting all your anxieties on him, because he c...
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 6:25 - 33
    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?
    Luke 12:22 - 31
    And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
  4. Cross References
    Job 38:41
    Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
    Psalms 147:9
    He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 10:31
    Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 2:52
    And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:4 - 7
    And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 8:26
    And he said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
    Matthew 14:31
    Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
    Matthew 16:8
    But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
    Matthew 17:20
    He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 6:7
    And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 6:8
    Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 5:6
    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
    Matthew 5:20
    For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 6:10
    Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 3:11 - 14
    And God said to him, "Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right.
    Mark 10:29 - 30
    Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel.
    1 Timothy 4:8
    For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
    1 Peter 3:9
    Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
  14. Cross References
    James 4:13 - 14
    Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit" -
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