²²And he said unto his disciples, ‘Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; ²³the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

²⁴‘Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls? ²⁵and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit? ²⁶If, then, ye are not able for the least—why for the rest are ye anxious?

²⁷‘Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these; ²⁸and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you—ye of little faith?

²⁹‘And ye—seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense, ³⁰for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things; ³¹but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

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