Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into b…”

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

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?

American Standard Version

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?

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?

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

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?

Bible in Basic English

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

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Cross references

“the fowls”

Matthew 10:29–31 Psalm 147:9 Job 38:41 Genesis 1:29–31 Job 35:11 Psalm 104:11

Matthew 10:29–31 · BSB

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

Psalm 147:9 · BSB

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Job 38:41 · BSB

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Genesis 1:29–31 · BSB

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Job 35:11 · BSB

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Psalm 104:11 · BSB

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

“your”

Matthew 6:32 Matthew 7:9 Luke 12:32

Matthew 6:32 · BSB

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 7:9 · BSB

Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Luke 12:32 · BSB

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

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