Matthew 6:26

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“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?”

What this verse means

Jesus points to the birds — fed without sowing or storing — and asks: are you not of more value than they? The Father who feeds the birds will feed you.

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“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?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 6:26 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:29Then 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.
  2. Genesis 6:21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  3. Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
  4. Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
  5. Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
  6. Psalms 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
  7. Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
  8. Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
  9. Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  10. Matthew 7:9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
  11. Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
  12. Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
  13. Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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