I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
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, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.
no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food.
“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?
And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
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;
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.
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.
In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.”
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.