THE PASSAGE · WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE
Matthew 6:25–34
25Therefore 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?
26See 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?
27“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Matthew 6:25–34 · World English Bible (WEB)
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Before you move on
Jesus speaks about food, clothing and tomorrow: real needs. Birds and flowers draw attention to the Father’s care. He also asks what worry can actually accomplish and points toward God’s Kingdom and righteousness as a direction for life. Distinguish between a step you can take today and a future you cannot secure today. This passage need not become a way of blaming yourself for feeling worried.
Read the passage again if you want to. Notice which word, action, or question stays with you. You can finish a reading without having finished thinking about it.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
Which worry concerns a task for today, and which concerns an uncertain future? Name one possible step and something you must leave unresolved.
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