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Matthew 6:26

Worry and anxietyGod's faithfulnessIdentity and self-worth

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.

25 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?

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?

28 And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

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BSB
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?
KJV
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?
WEB
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
ASV
Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
DARBY
Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they?
BLB
Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor do they gather into barns, and your⁺ heavenly Father feeds them. Are you⁺ not much more valuable than they?
ÅB
Se på himmelens fugler: De sår ikke, de høster ikke, de samler ikke i låver, men den himmelske Faren deres før dem allikevel. Er ikke dere verdt mye mer enn dem?
OTB
Se på fuglene under himmelen; de sår ikke, høster ikke eller samler i lader, og likevel gir deres himmelske Far dem mat. Er dere ikke mye mer verdifulle enn de?
B1930
Se på himmelens fugler: De sår ikke, de høster ikke, de samler ikke i lader, og eders himmelske Fader før dem allikevel. Er ikke I meget mere enn de?

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