Matthew 6:27 - Revised Version 1885

²⁷ And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

Common English Bible

²⁷ Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?

Matthew 6:27 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 6:25

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?

Matthew 6:28

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Matthew 6:31

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

Matthew 6:34

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Luke 10:41

But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things:

Luke 12:11

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Luke 12:22

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

1 Corinthians 12:18

But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.