Matthew 6:27 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 6:27

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

KJV

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WEB

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

YLT

`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

DBT

But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

ASV

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Matthew 6:25
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?
Luke 12:25–26
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Psalms 39:5–6
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Matthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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Now in these verses we area cautioned against hypocrisy in giving alms. Our being bid to take heed of it intimates that it is sin. We are in great danger of; it is a subtle sin; vain-glory insinuates itself into what we do ere we are aware.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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