Matthew 6:26

New American Bible - revised edition

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?

Cross References

Genesis 6:21

Moreover, you are to provide yourself with all the food that is to be eaten, and store it away, that it may serve as provisions for you and for them.

Job 35:11

Teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?”

Job 38:41

Who provides nourishment for the raven when its young cry out to God, wandering about without food?

Psalm 147:9

Who gives animals their food and young ravens what they cry for.

Psalm 50:11

I know every bird in the heights; whatever moves in the wild is mine.

Matthew 6:32

All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Matthew 7:9

Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,

Luke 12:18

And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods