Matthew 6:25-29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 6:25-34

There is scarcely any one sin against which our Lord Jesus more largely and earnestly warns his disciples, or against which he arms them with more variety of arguments, than the sin of disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of life, which are a bad sign that both the treasure and the heart are on the earth; and therefore he thus largely insists upon it. Here is, I. The prohibition laid down. It is the counsel and command of the Lord Jesus, that we take no thought about... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:25-34

6:25-34 I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about what you are to eat, or what you are to drink; and do not worry about your body, about what you are to wear. Is not your life more than food, and your body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, and see that they do not sow, or reap, or gather things into store-houses, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not better than they? Who of you can add one span to his life by worrying about it? And why do you... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:25-34

In these ten verses Jesus sets out seven different arguments and defences against worry. (i) He begins by pointing out ( Matthew 6:25 ) that God gave us life, and, if he gave us life, surely we can trust him for the lesser things. If God gave us life, surely we can trust him to give us food to sustain that life. If God gave us bodies, surely we can trust him for raiment to clothe these bodies. If anyone gives us a gift which is beyond price, surely we can be certain that such a giver will... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 6:25-34

Let us now see if we can gather up Jesus' arguments against worry. (i) Worry is needless, useless and even actively injurious. Worry cannot affect the past, for the past is past. Omar Khayyam was grimly right: "The moving finger writes, and, having writ, Moves on; nor all thy piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The past is past. It is not that a man can or ought to dissociate himself from his past; but he ought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:25

Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life ,.... Since ye cannot serve both God and "mammon", obey one, and neglect the other. Christ does not forbid labour to maintain, support, and preserve, this animal life; nor does he forbid all thought and care about it, but all anxious, immoderate, perplexing, and distressing thoughts and cares; such as arise from diffidence and unbelief, and tend to despair; which are dishonourable to God, as the God of nature and providence, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air ,.... Not such as are brought up in houses, but which fly abroad in the air, wild; and are not supported by their own, or any human care, but by the care of God: Luke 12:24 particularly mentions the "ravens", referring probably to Psalm 147:9 , and because they are very voracious creatures: and there it is said, "consider the ravens"; look attentively upon them, and with observation, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns . This is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:27

Which of you by taking thought ,.... As Christ argued before, from the unnecessariness of anxious thoughts and cares, about the provisions of life; so here, from the unprofitableness of them; it being impossible for a man, with all his care and thought, to add one cubit unto his stature , or "to his age"; so the word is rendered, John 9:21 to the days of his life, he is so solicitous about; for a cubit may as well be applied to a man's age, as an "hand's breadth" is to his days, Psalm... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:28

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. Christ does not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 6:29

And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory ,.... This is a certain truth, to be affirmed in the strongest manner, and to be believed, that not only men and kings too in general; but even particularly Solomon, the richest and most magnificent of all the kings of Israel, whose grandeur, and glory, exceeded all the princes of the earth; that even he, not in his common dress, but when "in his glory", and in "all" his glory, when arrayed with his royal and richest robes, with his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 6:25

Therefore - Δια τουτο , on this account; viz., that ye may not serve mammon, but have unshaken confidence in God, I say unto you, - Take no thought - Be not anxiously careful, μη μεριμνατε ; this is the proper meaning of the word. μεριμνα anxious solicitude, from μεριζειν τον νουν dividing or distracting the mind. My old MS. Bible renders it, be not bysy to your liif . Prudent care is never forbidden by our Lord, but only that anxious distracting solicitude, which, by dividing... read more

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