Matthew 6:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
Matthew 6:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Matthew 6:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 6:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?”
Matthew 6:26 — World English Bible
Matthew 6:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold 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? ”
Matthew 6:26 — American Standard Version
Matthew 6:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?”
Matthew 6:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 6:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they? ”
Matthew 6:26 — Darby Translation
Matthew 6:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?”
Matthew 6:26 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 6:26 in Context — Matthew 6
24 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.
25 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?
26 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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
What Does Matthew 6:26 Mean?
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