Matthew 6:28 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁸ So why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither labor, nor spin;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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)

²⁸ 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

²⁸ 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

²⁸ And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.

Matthew 6:28 Cross References

Matthew 10:10

not a knapsack for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.

Matthew 6:25

"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?

Matthew 6:27

Which of you by worrying is able to add one cubit to his stature?

Matthew 6:31

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

Luke 10:41

And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.

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 12:22

Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

Luke 3:11

He answered and said to them, "He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."

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;

1 Peter 5:7

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