Matthew 6:26

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

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 much more than birds?

Cross References

Psalm 147:9

He provides food for cattle and for the young ravens, when they cry out.

Job 38:41

And when starving young ravens cry out to me for food, do you satisfy their hunger?

Matthew 6:32

Only people who don't know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows you need all of these.

Matthew 7:9

Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread?

Job 35:11

though he makes us wiser than animals or birds.

Psalm 50:11

I know all the birds in the mountains, and every wild creature is in my care.

Luke 12:18

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.

Genesis 6:21

Store up enough food both for yourself and for them.