I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;
Matthew 6:28 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. American Standard Version (1901) And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Common English Bible And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. Catholic Public Domain Version And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. |
I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar;
no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you are to answer or what you are to say;
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on.
Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
And he answered them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.