²²Then he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you,^m don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.ⁿ ²³For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. ²⁴Consider the ravens:^o They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them.^p Aren’t you worth much more than the birds? ²⁵Can any of you add one moment to his life span^B by worrying?^q ²⁶If then you’re not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest?

²⁷“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon^r in all his splendor was adorned like one of these. ²⁸If that’s how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will he do for you—you of little faith?^s ²⁹Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious. ³⁰For the Gentile world eagerly seeks^t all these things, and your Father^u knows that you need them.

³¹“But seek his kingdom,^v and these things will be provided for you.^w

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Footnotes

BOr add a cubit to his height

Cross references

m Mt 6:25–34
n Pr 31:25
o 1Kg 17:4,6; Jb 38:41; Ps 147:9; Pr 30:17
p Rv 12:6
q Php 4:6
r 1Kg 10:4–7
s Mt 8:26; 14:31; 16:8
t Heb 11:14; 13:14
u Mt 5:16; 6:1; 11:27; Jn 8:42
v Mt 5:6,20; Lk 11:2
w 1Kg 3:11–14; Mt 19:29; Mk 10:29–30