Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask bread, will give him a stone?
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I deposit all my fruits and my goods.