28And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.


In Context

25 Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?

26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

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

28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

30 And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew 6:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:28And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:28And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28And why are ye anxious for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow? they toil not, neither do they spin?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:28and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:28And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: