Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth more than birds?
Store up enough food both for yourself and for them.
though he makes us wiser than animals or birds.
And when starving young ravens cry out to me for food, do you satisfy their hunger?
He provides food for cattle and for the young ravens, when they cry out.
I know all the birds in the mountains, and every wild creature is in my care.
Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these.
Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread?
Later, he said, "Now I know what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods.