New American Standard Bible 1995
Matthew 6:24-34
24“1No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and 23wealth.
25“4For this reason I say to you, 5do not be 6worried about your 7life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 268Look at the birds of the 9air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27And who of you by being 10worried can 11add a single 12hour to his 13life? 28And why are you 14worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even 15Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the 16grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? 17You of little faith! 31Do not 18worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for 19your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But 20seek first 21His kingdom and His righteousness, and 22all these things will be 23added to you.
34“So do not 24worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will 25care for itself. 26Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Notes
- 1. Matthew 6:24 1 Kin 18:21; Luke 16:13; Gal 1:10; James 4:4 ↩
- 2. Matthew 6:24 Gr mamonas, for Aram mamon (mammon); i.e. wealth, etc., personified as an object of worship ↩
- 3. Matthew 6:24 Luke 16:9, 11, 13 ↩
- 4. Matthew 6:25 Matt 6:25-33: Luke 12:22-31 ↩
- 5. Matthew 6:25 Or stop being worried ↩
- 6. Matthew 6:25 Matt 6:27, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
- 7. Matthew 6:25 Lit soul ↩
- 8. Matthew 6:26 Job 35:11; 38:41; Ps 104:27, 28; Matt 10:29ff; Luke 12:24 ↩
- 9. Matthew 6:26 Lit heaven ↩
- 10. Matthew 6:27 Matt 6:25, 28, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
- 11. Matthew 6:27 Ps 39:5 ↩
- 12. Matthew 6:27 Lit cubit (approx 18 in.) ↩
- 13. Matthew 6:27 Or height ↩
- 14. Matthew 6:28 Matt 6:25, 27, 31, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
- 15. Matthew 6:29 1 Kin 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:4-6, 20-22 ↩
- 16. Matthew 6:30 James 1:10, 11; 1 Pet 1:24 ↩
- 17. Matthew 6:30 Matt 8:26; 14:31; 16:8 ↩
- 18. Matthew 6:31 Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 34; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
- 19. Matthew 6:32 Matt 6:8; Phil 4:19 ↩
- 20. Matthew 6:33 Or continually seek ↩
- 21. Matthew 6:33 Or the kingdom ↩
- 22. Matthew 6:33 Matt 19:28; Mark 10:29f; Luke 18:29f; 1 Tim 4:8 ↩
- 23. Matthew 6:33 Or provided ↩
- 24. Matthew 6:34 Matt 6:25, 27, 28, 31; Luke 10:41; 12:11, 22; Phil 4:6; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
- 25. Matthew 6:34 Lit worry about itself ↩
- 26. Matthew 6:34 Lit Sufficient for the day is its evils ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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