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Matthew 6:27

Worry and anxiety

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?

26 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?

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:

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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BSB
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
KJV
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
WEB
“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
ASV
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
DARBY
But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?
BLB
And who of you⁺, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan one cubit?
ÅB
Og hvem av dere kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?
OTB
Kan noen av dere, ved å bekymre dere, forlenge livet med en eneste time?
B1930
Og hvem av eder kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?

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