Matthew 6:27

New American Bible - revised edition

Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I recognized that whatever God does will endure forever; there is no adding to it, or taking from it. Thus has God done that he may be revered.

Matthew 5:36

Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:28

Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.

Matthew 6:31

So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’

Matthew 6:34

Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.

Luke 10:41

The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.

Luke 12:11

When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what your defense will be or about what you are to say.

Luke 12:22

He said to [his] disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear.

1 Corinthians 12:18

But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of them, in the body as he intended.

Philippians 4:6

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.