Matthew 6:25 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:25

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Some MSS. add here, nor what ye shall drinkb. That which belongs naturally to all animals alike, to brutes and beasts of burden as well as to man, from all thought of this we are not freed. But we are bid not to be anxious what we should eat, for in the sweat of our face we earn our bread; the toil is to be undergone, the anxiety put away. This Be not careful, is to be taken of bodily food and clothing; for the food and clothing of the spirit it becomes us to be always careful.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought ... - The general design of this paragraph, which closes the chapter, is to warn his disciples against avarice, and, at the same time, against anxiety about the supply of their needs. This he does by four arguments or considerations, expressing by unequalled beauty and force the duty of depending for the things which we need on the providence of God.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

These verses are a striking example of the combined wisdom and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ’s teaching. He knows the heart of a man: he knows that we are always ready to turn off warnings against worldliness by the argument that we cannot help being anxious about the things of this life. “Have we not our families to provide for? Must not our bodily wants be supplied? How can we possibly get through life if we think first of our souls?” The Lord Jesus foresaw such thoughts and furnished an answer.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

When "careful (or 'full of care') about nothing," but committing all in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving unto God, the apostle assures us that "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Php 4:6, 7); that is, shall guard both our feelings and our thoughts from undue agitation, and keep them in a holy calm.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Διὰ	Dia	Because of	G1223 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
μεριμνᾶτε	merimnate	do be anxious about	G3309 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ψυχῇ	psuchēa	life	G5590 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
φάγητε	phagēte	you may eat	G5315 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
πίητε,	piēte	you may drink,	G4095 →
μηδὲ	mēde	nor	G3366 →
τῷ	tō	about the	G3588 →
σώματι	sōmati	body	G4983 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
ἐνδύσησθε.	endusēsthe	you may put on.	G1746 →
οὐχὶ	ouchi	Surely	G3780 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
ψυχὴ	psuchē	life	G5590 →
πλεῖόν	pleion	more	G4119 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
τροφῆς	trophēs	[than] food	G5160 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
σῶμα	sōma	body	G4983 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἐνδύματος;	endumatos	[than] clothing?	G1742 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:7
  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Matthew 6:25–33
  Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
  Pray without ceasing.
Through
1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
leads to
- Psalms 55:22
  Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 37:5
  Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Psalms 56:3–4
  When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.