Matthew 6:28

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

Cross References

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.

Matthew 10:10

no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food.

Matthew 6:25

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

Matthew 6:27

And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?

Matthew 6:31

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

Luke 10:41

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;

Luke 12:11

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

Luke 12:22

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

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Luke 3:11

In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.”

Philippians 4:6

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.