I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Matthew 6:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And why do you worry about clothes? Observe how the wildflowers of the field grow: They don’t labour or spin thread. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. American Standard Version (1901) And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Common English Bible And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. Catholic Public Domain Version And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. |
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Don’t take a travelling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or staff, for the worker is worthy of his food.
‘Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?
So don’t worry, saying, “What will we eat? ” or “What will we drink? ” or “What will we wear? ”
The Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things,
Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don’t worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.
Then he said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.
‘Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labour or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendour was adorned like one of these.
He replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.’
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.