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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:27

Luke 12:25 almost verbally. While Luke 12:26 insisted on the needlessness of anxiety, since, though birds show it not, they are provided for, Luke 12:27 insists on its uselessness, since after all it can effect so little. You wish to lengthen your life by it if only to a trifling extent; but you cannot do so. Which of you by taking thought ( Luke 12:25 , note) can add one cubit? "Hic videtur similitude petita esse a studio, quod erat trecentorum cubitorum: ἡλικία est cursus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:28

Parallel passage: Luke 12:26 , Luke 12:27 . Luke's is longer and seemingly more original. But in the absence of external evidence, it must always be a matter of opinion whether Matthew has compressed the longer form of the words, or vice versa. And why take ye thought for raiment? In verses 25-27 our Lord had spoken of food; in verses 28-30 he speaks of dress. He insists on the needlessness (verse 28) and on the comparative uselessness (verse 29) of anxiety about it, since even the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:29

Luke 12:27 almost verbally. Even Solomon … was not . The Greek lays still more stress: "not even Solomon." Arrayed . The idea of splendour, which in modern usage is often attached to "array," is wanting in περιεβάλετο . The simple rendering in Wickliffe, "was covered" (Vulgate, coopertus est ), is less misleading. And so in Luke 12:31 . Perhaps ( vide Cart) the middle voice has its full reflexive meaning: Solomon with all his efforts failed. Like one of these . Even one,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:30

Luke 12:28 with slight differences. Luke's rather harder phraseology is in Savour of it being the more original form. Wherefore ; but (Revised Version). The Authorized Version is too strong for the simple δέ . If God so clothe . The insertion by the Revised Version of "doth" brings out the thought of the indicative mood and of the ever-presence of the action. Observe with the processes and the agencies in the development of these colours our Lord's advice has nothing to do; origin,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:31

Luke 12:29 has the difficult phrase, "Neither be ye of doubtful mind." Therefore take no thought ( μὴ οὖν μεριμνήσητε ). The shade of difference here and Luke 12:34 from Luke 12:25 cannot be expressed in an English translation. In Luke 12:25 a state of anxiety, here and Luke 12:34 : one anxious thought, is forbidden. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:32

Parallel passage: Luke 12:30 . Save in reading "but" instead of the second "for," Luke's seems the more original. ( For after all these things do the Gentiles seek ;) for your heavenly Father knoweth , etc. The Revised Version removes the marks of parenthesis. For...for; these are probably co-ordinate, and adduce two reasons for our not being for one moment anxious about earthly things: read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth - Treasures, or wealth, among the ancients, consisted in clothes or changes of raiment, as well as in gold, silver, gems, wine, lands, and oil. It meant an abundance of “anything” that was held to be conducive to the ornament or comfort of life. As the Orientals delighted much in display, in splendid equipage, and costly garments, their treasures, in fact, consisted much in beautiful and richly-ornamented articles of apparel. See Genesis 45:22,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:20-21

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven - That is, have provision made for your eternal felicity. Do not exhaust your strength and spend your days in providing for the life here, but let your chief anxiety be to be prepared for eternity. Compare the notes at Isaiah 55:2. In heaven nothing corrupts; nothing terminates; no enemies plunder or destroy. To have treasure in heaven is to possess evidence that its purity and joys will be ours. It is to be heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:22-23

The light of the body ... - The sentiment stated in the preceding verses - the duty of fixing the affections on heavenly things - Jesus proceeds to illustrate by a reference to the “eye.” When the eye is directed steadily toward an object, and is in health, or is single, everything is clear and plain. If it vibrates, flies to different objects, is fixed on no one singly, or is diseased, nothing is seen clearly. Everything is dim and confused. The man, therefore, is unsteady. The eye regulates... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters ... - Christ proceeds to illustrate the necessity of laying up treasures in heaven from a well-known fact, that a servant cannot serve two masters at the same time. His affections and obedience would be divided, and he would fail altogether in his duty to one or the other. One he would love, the other he would hate. To the interests of the one he would adhere, the interests of the other he would neglect. This is a law of human nature. The supreme affections can be... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 6:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:20-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:22-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 6:24

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