Matthew 6:19-34 ESV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:27

Which of you, by taking thought - The third argument is taken from their extreme weakness and helplessness. With all your care you cannot increase your stature a single cubit. God has ordered your height. Beyond his appointment your powers are of no avail, and you can do nothing. So of raiment. He, by His providence, orders and arranges the circumstances of your life. “Beyond” that appointment of His providence, beyond his care for you, your efforts avail nothing. Seeing, then, that he alike... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:28-29

Consider the lilies of the field - The fourth consideration is taken from the care which God bestows on lilies. Watch the growing of the lily. It toils not, and it spins not; yet night and day it grows. With a beauty with which the most splendid monarch of the East was never adorned. it expands its blossom and fills the air with fragrance. Yet this beauty is of short continuance. Soon it will fade, and the beautiful flower will be cut down and burned. God “so little” regards the bestowment of... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:30

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field - What grows up in the field, or grows wild and without culture. The word “grass,” applied here to the lily, denotes merely that it is a vegetable production, or that it is among the things which grow wild, and which are used for fuel.Which today is - It lives today, or it lives for a day. It is short-lived, and seems to be a thing of no value, and is so treated.Is cast into the oven - The Jews had different modes of baking. In early times they... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:32-33

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek - That is, those destitute of the true doctrines of religion, and unacquainted with proper dependence on Divine Providence, make it their chief anxiety thus to seek food and clothing. But you, who have a knowledge of your Father in heaven; who know that He will provide for your needs, should not be anxious. Seek first His kingdom; seek first to be righteous, and to become interested in His favor, and all necessary things will be added to you. He... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:34

Take therefore no thought ... - That is, no anxiety. Commit your way to God. The evil, the trouble, the anxiety of each day as it comes, is sufficient without perplexing the mind with restless cares about another day. It is wholly uncertain whether you live to see another day. If you do, it will bring its own trouble, and it will also bring the proper supply of your needs. God will be the same Father then as today, and will make then, as he does now, proper provision for your wants.The morrow... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:19-21

Matthew 6:19-21. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth Our Lord here makes a transition from religious to common actions, and warns us of another snare, the love of money and earthly things, as inconsistent with purity of intention as the love of praise: where moth and rust doth corrupt, &c. Where all things are perishable and transient. “In the eastern countries, where the fashion of clothes did not alter as with us, the treasures of the rich consisted not only of gold and... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:22

Matthew 6:22. The light Or lamp rather, as ο λυχνος should be translated, of the body, is the eye That is, it is by the eye that a person has light to direct him in his bodily motions, and in the use of his bodily members. If therefore thine eye be single Απλους , simple, not mixed with noxious humours, but clear and sound; so both Chrysostom and Theophylact understand the expression, considering it as synonymous with υγιης , whole; thy whole body shall be full of light ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:24

Matthew 6:24. No man can serve two masters Whose interests and commands are directly contrary to each other; for either he will hate the one and love the other And therefore, while he employs himself in the service of the one, will, of course, neglect the interest of the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other That is, will adhere entirely to the love and service of the one, and quite abandon the other. Do not therefore impose upon yourselves so far as to imagine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:25-27

Matthew 6:25-27. Therefore I say, Take no thought, &c. Our Lord here proceeds to caution his disciples against worldly cares, these being as inconsistent with the true service of God as worldly desires. But the expression used by our translators, Take no thought, is too strong, and not warranted by the original, μη μεριμνατε , which properly signifies, Be not anxious, or, anxiously careful, as is evident from Luke 10:41; Luke 12:11; Luke 21:34; Philippians 4:6; and almost... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:28-30

Matthew 6:28-30. And why take ye thought Why are you anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field Observe not only the animal, but, what is yet much lower, the vegetable part of the creation, and mark how the flowers of the meadows grow; they toil not To prepare the materials of their covering; nor do they spin Or weave them into garments. “The expression ου κοπια , here rendered, they toil not, denotes rural labour, 2 Timothy 2:6; and therefore is beautifully used... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:28-29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:32-33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:34

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:19-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:25-27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 6:28-30

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