Matthew 6 › verse
Matthew 6:28
"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
Original words
| English | Original word | Root | # |
|---|---|---|---|
| And | kai καὶ | kai | 104 |
| why | ti τί | tis | 14 |
| take ye thought | merimnate μεριμνᾶτε | merimnaō | 7 |
| for | peri περὶ | peri | 1 |
| raiment? | endymatos ἐνδύματος | endyma | 3 |
| Consider | katamathete καταμάθετε | katamanthanō | 1 |
| the | ta τὰ | ho | 145 |
| lilies | krina κρίνα | krinon | 1 |
| of the | tou τοῦ | ho | 145 |
| field | agrou ἀγροῦ | agros | 2 |
| how | pōs πῶς | pōs | 2 |
| they grow | auxanei αὐξάνει | auxanō | 1 |
| they toil | kopia κοπιᾷ | kopiaō | 1 |
| not | ou οὐ | ou | 25 |
| neither | oude οὐδὲ | oude | 9 |
| do they spin | nēthei νήθει | nēthō | 1 |
Memory passages these point to
J-89 Luke 3:7-14P-86 Matthew 6:26-33P-96 Luke 12:24-31S-81 Matthew 6:25-34S-89 Luke 3:7-12S-96 Luke 12:22-32
Cross-references 6
why take ye thought for raiment 4
- Matthew 6:25, 31 Matthew 6:25Matthew 6:31P-86 Matthew 6:26-33S-81 Matthew 6:25-34
25"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
31"Therefore do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?' or "What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?' - Matthew 10:10
10nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.
- Luke 3:11 J-89 Luke 3:7-14S-89 Luke 3:7-12
11He answered and said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."
- Luke 22:35-36
35And He said to them, "When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?" So they said, "Nothing." 36Then He said to them, "But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
the lilies of the field 1
- Luke 12:27 P-96 Luke 12:24-31S-96 Luke 12:22-32
27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.