Matthew 6:26

New International Reader's Version

Look at the birds of the air. They don’t plant or gather crops. They don’t put away crops in storerooms. But your Father who is in heaven feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are?

Cross References

Genesis 6:21

Take every kind of food that you will need. Store it away as food for you and them.”

Job 35:11

He teaches us more than he teaches the wild animals. He makes us wiser than the birds in the sky.’

Job 38:41

Who provides food for ravens when their babies cry out to me? They wander around because they do not have anything to eat.

Psalm 147:9

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

Psalm 50:11

I own every bird in the mountains. The insects in the fields belong to me.

Matthew 6:32

People who are ungodly run after all those things. Your Father who is in heaven knows that you need them.

Matthew 7:9

“Suppose your son asks for bread. Which of you will give him a stone?

Luke 12:18

“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. I will store my extra grain in them.