Matthew 6:28

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Hosea 14:5

I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Matthew 10:10

no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.

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 6:27

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

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?’

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.

Luke 12:27

Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them.

Luke 3:11

He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.”

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.