King James Version with Apocrypha
"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?"
— Matthew 6:27, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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?”
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?