Catholic Public Domain Version
"And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave. "
— Matthew 6:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:”
“And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ”
“Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,”
“Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.”
“And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.”
“And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:”
“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:”
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?
Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’