Matthew 6:25 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁵ "Because of this I say to you, do not worry [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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

Common English Bible

²⁵ “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?

Matthew 6:25 Cross References

Matthew 10:19

But whenever they hand you over, do not worry how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

Matthew 13:22

But the [seed] sown in the thorns is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches chokes out the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 6:31

Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we put on?'

Matthew 6:34

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own affairs. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Mark 13:11

But whenever they lead you forth to deliver you over, do not worry beforehand [as to ]what you will say, nor rack your brains. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak this; for it is not you who is speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Mark 4:19

and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things coming in choke out the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Luke 12:11

Now whenever they bring you to the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns, these are those, who when they heard, go out and are choked with anxieties, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up on behalf of us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I want you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord-[about ]how he may please the Lord.

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, along with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

2 Timothy 2:4

No one serving as a soldier entangles [himself] in the affairs of [civilian] life, in order that he may please the [one] having enlisted him.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares about you.