Matthew 6:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ”

• Matthew 6:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Consider the lilies of the field - The fourth consideration is taken from the care which God bestows on lilies. Watch the growing of the lily. It toils not, and it spins not; yet night and day it...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they (m) toil not, neither do they spin: (m) By labour.

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• Matthew 6:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  True Righteousness in Relation to Wealth. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels to this section in Lk. Matthew 6:19-21 . Treas...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  for . about or concerning. Greek. peri . App-104. Consider . Consider carefully, so as to learn from. Greek. katamanthano. Occurs only here. toil not. As men. spin. As women. Consolation...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1324 AGAINST CAREFULNESS Matthew 6:25-34 . 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...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 take ye thought for raiment? - Or, why are ye anxiously careful abou...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  They toil not, neither do they spin— The expression ου κοπια, they toil not, denotes rural labour, and therefore is beautifully used in a discourse of clothing, the materials of which are pro...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 take ye thought for raiment? Consider ('observe well') the l...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to loo...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Why take ye thought for raiment? — The question might well be asked of every race of the whole family of man. Yet we ought not to forget its special pointedness as addressed to a people who reckone...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Cure for Anxious Care Matthew 6:27-34 The Lord's tone is gentle and tender when He turns to address the poor. He says three times over, “Don't be anxious.” He never forgot that He sprang, a...

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• Matthew 6:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a stateme...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Who can add to the beauties, as well as doctrines o...

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• Matthew 6:28 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  LESSONS FROM LILIES ‘Consider the lilies.’ Matthew 6:28 Is there nothing ironic in proposing to a congregation of hard workers to take courage from the lilies, which toil not, nor spin? If w...

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• Matthew 6:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And why take ye thought for raiment ,.... Having exposed the folly of an anxious and immoderate care and thought, for food to support and prolong life, our Lord proceeds to show the vanity of an ove...

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• Matthew 6:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: Ver. 28. Consider the lilies of the field ] Contemplate them, saith Luth...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And why take ye thought Why are you anxious about raiment? Consider the lilies of the field Observe not only the animal , but, what is yet much lower, the vegetable part of the creation, and m...

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• Matthew 6:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to imp...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Sermon on the Mount.       25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 6:30 " .

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• Matthew 6:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:25 . Therefore .—Denoting a connection between the service of mammon and “taking thought.” Take no thought .— Be not anxious (R.V.). Life.—The Greek word is the same a...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 6:25-34 In Matthew 6:25-26 we have an argument against giving place to the cares of this world, on the ground that they are unworthy of an immortal being like man; and also an illustrati...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 6:5 . And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. We...

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• Matthew 6:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righte...

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• Matthew 6:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Consider the lilies. I. God puts on the lilies and tulips such gorgeous apparel for one day’s wearing, spun by providence, as far surpasseth the tracery of the most splendid court, that Solomon hi...

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• Matthew 6:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , note. ( b ) Our Lord turns from cases which could b...

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• Matthew 6:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  How unprofitable is worry:

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• Matthew 6:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Luke 12:27 ; Luke 22:35 ; Luke 22:36 ; Luke 3:11 ; Matthew 10:10 ; Matthew 6:25 ; Matthew 6:31

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