Matthew 6:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³¹ Therefore, do not worry by asking, ‘What are we going to eat?’ Or ‘What are we going to drink?’ Or ‘What are we going to wear?’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Common English Bible

³¹ Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: 'What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:31 Cross References

Matthew 15:33

And the disciples said to Him, “Where will we get enough loaves of bread to feed a large crowd in [such] a deserted place [as this]?”

Matthew 4:4

But Jesus answered, “It is written [Deut. 8:3], ‘A person is not to live by [eating] bread only, but [instead] by [believing and obeying] every statement spoken by God.’”

Matthew 6:25

“So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.

Matthew 6:27

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?

Luke 10:41

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha; you are worried and bothered about [so] many things.

Luke 12:11

And when people bring you in front of synagogue assemblies and rulers and authorities [i.e., for judgment], do not worry about how to speak or what you should say.

Luke 12:22

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “So, I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will wear on your body.

Luke 12:29

So, do not look [anxiously] for what you will eat, and what you will drink, and do not be [continually] worried [i.e., about such things].

Philippians 4:6

Do not worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and [special] petition, along with thanksgivings, you should make your requests known to God.

1 Peter 5:7

Place all your anxious cares upon God [in prayer], because He genuinely cares about you.