Matthew 6:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
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.
Read the full meaning“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 6:26 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- Psalms 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- Matthew 7:9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- 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.
- Luke 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
- 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!
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