Matthew 6:27
Matthew chapter 6 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
Context
v.26Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?
v.27This passage
v.28And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
- Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
- 1 Corinthians 12:18
But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.
- Luke 12:25
And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?
- Matthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.