1 Corinthians 12:18; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Luke 12:25; Luke 12:26; Matthew 5:36; Psalms 39:6
Which of you, by taking thought - The third argument is taken from their extreme weakness and helplessness. With all your care you cannot increas...
Which of you by (l) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? (l) He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the m...
True Righteousness in Relation to Wealth. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels...
of . from among. Greek. ek. add . prolong. cubit . span. Compare Luke 12:26 . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for. ve...
27. Which of you by anxious care, etc ? Here our Lord condemns another fault, which is almost always connected with immoderate anxiety ab...
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 sha...
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? - The third rea...
Which of you, by taking thought, &c.— Who of you, by his solicitude, can prolong his life one hour? A version strictly literal would be, can...
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Which of you, by taking thought ('anxious solicitude') can add one cubit u...
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 expec...
The Christian's freedom from care and anxiety ( Luke 12:22-34 ). The worldly man is oppressed with care. He is always in fear that his deep-laid pl...
By taking thought] RV 'by being anxious.' One cubit unto his stature ] Since no one would literally desire to have a cubit (a foot and a half) add...
One cubit unto his stature. — The Greek for the last word admits either this meaning (as in Luke 19:3 , and perhaps Luke 2:52 ) or that of age (a...
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...
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, “Do...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great...
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. W...
Which of you by taking thought ,.... As Christ argued before, from the unnecessariness of anxious thoughts and cares, about the provisions of life;...
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Ver. 27. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? ]...
Therefore I say, Take no thought , &c. Our Lord here proceeds to caution his disciples against worldly cares , these being as inconsistent with...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we ex...
The Sermon on the Mount. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your li...
How vain a thing is it to distract yourselves with anxious thoughts about your body and your life! All your thinking will not add a cubit to your sta...
a “Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, b What you shall eat, or what you shall drink, b Nor yet for your body, what you shall...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:25 . Therefore .—Denoting a connection between the service of mammon and “taking thought.” Take no thought .— Be not a...
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...
Matthew 6:27 It is well for men to think that there are some things which, with all their power, they cannot do. The inquiry of the text serves to...
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 o...
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...
EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , n...
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? In whose case will the fact that he worries about the question continually be o...
How unprofitable is worry:
And which of you — If you are ever so careful, can even add a moment to your own life thereby? This seems to be far the most easy and natural sense...
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?