Matthew 6:28 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:28

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

KJV

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Vers. 28-29.) Consider how the lilies of the field grow: they do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these. How beautifully does the lily shine? But the viola, with its purple color, surpasses any dye, it is a judgement of the eyes more than of speech.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And why take ye thought for raiment,.... Having exposed the folly of an anxious and immoderate care and thought, for food to support and prolong life, our Lord proceeds to show the vanity of an over concern for raiment: consider the lilies of the field or "the flowers of the field", as the Arabic version reads it, the lilies being put for all sorts of flowers. The Persic version mentions both rose and lily; the one being beautifully clothed in red, the other in white.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And why take ye thought for raiment? - Or, why are ye anxiously careful about raiment? The fourth reason against such inquietudes is the example of inanimate creatures: The herbs and flowers of the field have their being, nourishment, exquisite flavors, and beautiful hues from God himself. They are not only without anxious care, but also without care or thought of every kind.

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
ἐνδύματος	endumatos	clothing	G1742 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
μεριμνᾶτε;	merimnate	are you anxious?	G3309 →
καταμάθετε	katamathete	do observe	G2648 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
κρίνα	krina	lilies	G2918 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀγροῦ,	agrou	field,	G68 →
πῶς	pōs	how	G4459 →
αὐξάνουσιν·	auxanousin	they grow;	G837 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
κοπιῶσιν	kopiōsin	do they labor	G2872 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
νήθουσιν.	nēthousin	do they spin.	G3514 →

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 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 55:22
  Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  Reached by 3 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
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…
leads to
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Romans 8:32
  He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Luke 12:22–31
  Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.