Matthew 6:25

Worry and anxiety Money and wealth

²³ But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁴ No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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

²⁶ Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

²⁷ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
KJV: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
WEB: Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
ASV: Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
DARBY: For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
BLB: Because of this I say to you⁺, do not be anxious for your⁺ life, what you⁺ might eat or what you⁺ might drink, nor for your⁺ body, what you⁺ might put on. Is not life more than food, and the body [more] than clothing?

ÅB: «Derfor sier jeg dere: Ikke vær bekymret for livet deres; hva dere skal spise og hva dere skal drikke. Heller ikke for kroppen deres; hva dere skal kle dere med! Er ikke livet mer enn maten, og kroppen mer enn klærne?
OTB: "Derfor sier jeg dere, vær ikke bekymret for livet, hva dere skal spise eller drikke, eller for kroppen, hva dere skal ha på dere. Er ikke livet mer enn mat, og kroppen mer enn klær?
B1930: Derfor sier jeg eder: Vær ikke bekymret for eders liv, hvad I skal ete og hvad I skal drikke, eller for eders legeme, hvad I skal klæ eder med! Er ikke livet mere enn maten, og legemet mere enn klærne?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
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Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
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1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
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Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
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Luke 12:22–31
Then Jesus 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.
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Matthew 6:31
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
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Matthew 6:27–28
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
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Mark 4:19
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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