Matthew 6:26
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 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?
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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:29–31
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Read in contextPsalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Read in contextLuke 12:24–32
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Read in contextJob 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Read in contextPsalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Read in contextPsalms 104:27–28
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Read in contextLuke 12:6–7
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
Read in contextMatthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
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