Catholic Public Domain Version
"And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature? "
— Matthew 6:27, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
“And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life? ”
“"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?”
“And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life?”
“And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?”
“And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?”
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?
And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.
But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?