27But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?


In Context

24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

26 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?

27 But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

28 And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

29 but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

Matthew 6:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life ?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:27And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:27And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:27And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27|Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:27'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?