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
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