Matthew 6:30 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 6:30

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

KJV

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

To-morrow in Scripture is put for time future in general. Jacob says, So shall my righteousness answer for me to-morrow. (Gen. 30:33.) And in the phantasm of Samuel, the Pythoness says to Saul, To-morrow shalt thou be with me. 1 Sam. 28:19.)

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field..... These words are a conclusion from the former, and contain an argument from the lesser to the greater; that if God, for this is solely his work, so clothes the lilies, the flowers of the field, and whatever grows up out of the earth, in such a beautiful and splendid manner, as even to outdo Solomon, in his richest apparel; there's no doubt to be made of it, or at least ought not, but that he will much more provide clothing for men.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If God so clothe the grass of the field - Christ confounds both the luxury of the rich in their superfluities, and the distrust of the poor as to the necessaries of life. Let man, who is made for God and eternity, learn from a flower of the field how low the care of Providence stoops. All our inquietudes and distrusts proceed from lack of faith: that supplies all wants. The poor are not really such, but because they are destitute of faith.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
χόρτον	chorton	grass	G5528 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀγροῦ,	agrou	field,	G68 →
σήμερον	sēmeron	today	G4594 →
ὄντα	onta	being [here]	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αὔριον	aurion	tomorrow	G839 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
κλίβανον	klibanon	[the] furnace	G2823 →
βαλλόμενον,	ballomenon	being thrown,	G906 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἀμφιέννυσιν,	amphiennusin	clothes,	G294 →
οὐ	ou	surely	G3756 →
πολλῷ	pollō	much	G4183 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	more	G3123 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
ὀλιγόπιστοι;	oligopistoi	O [you] of little faith?	G3640 →

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
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Psalms 103:15
  As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Through
Matthew 8:26
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10–14
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Psalms 65:7
  You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
Through
Matthew 14:31
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”
leads to
- James 1:6–8
  But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
- Matthew 17:20
  “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 8:26
  “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.