Synoptic Sayings - Against Anxieties

AGAINST ANXIETIES
S49	Matt 6	Mark	199	Luke 12	Thom 36*
			22	And he said	1	Jesus said:
				to his disciples:
25	"Therefore, I tell you,			"Therefore, I tell you,
	do not be anxious			do not be anxious		"Do not be anxious
						from morning
						to evening
						and from evening
						to morning
	about your life,			about your life,		[neither about your food]
	what you shall eat			what you shall eat		[what you shall eat]
	nor about your body,			nor about your body,		[nor] about [your clothes]
	what you shall put on.			what you shall put on.		what you shall put on.
	Is not life more than food		23	For life is more than food
	and the body			and the body
	more than clothing?			more than clothing.
26	Look at		24	Consider
	the birds of the air;			the ravens;
	they neither sow			they neither sow
	nor reap			nor reap
	nor gather			they have neither
	into barns,			storehouse nor barn,
	and yet			and yet
	your heavenly Father			God
	feeds them.			feeds them.
	Are you not of more value			Of how much more value		[you are far better]
	than they?			are you than the birds!		[than]
27	And which of you		25	And which of you
	by being anxious			by being anxious
	can add one cubit			can add a cubit
	to his span of life?			to his span of life?
			26	If you then are not able
				to do as small a thing
				as that,
28	And why are you anxious			why are you anxious
	about clothing?			about the rest?
	Consider the lilies		27	Consider the lilies,		[the lilies.]
	of the field
	how they grow;			how they grow;		[They grow]
	they neither toil			they neither toil		[but neither card]
	nor spin;			nor spin;		[nor spin.]
29	yet, I tell you,			yet, I tell you,
	even Solomon			even Solomon
	in all his glory			in all his glory
	was not arrayed			was not arrayed
	like on of these.			like on of these.
30	But if God so clothes		28	But if God so clothes
	the grass of the field			the grass which is alive
	which is alive today			inthe field today
	and tomorrow is thrown			and tomorrow is thrown
	into the oven,			into the oven,
	will he not much more			how much more will he
	clothe you,			clothe you,
	O men of little faith?			O men of little faith!
31	Therefore,		29	And		[And you,]
	[see Matt 6:27 above]			[see Luke 12:25 above]		[who will add]
						[to your span of life?]
	do not be anxious			do not seek
	saying,
	'What shall we eat?'			what you are to eat
	or 'What shall we drink?'			and what you are to drink,
	or 'What shall we wear?'			nor be anxious of mind.
32	For the Gentiles		30	For all the nations
				of the world
	seek all these things;			seek these things;
	and your heavenly Father			and your Father
	knows that you need them.			knows that you need them.
33	But seek first his kingdom		31	Instead seek his kingdom,
	and his righteousness
	and all these things			and these things		[He will give you
	shall be yours as well."			shall be yours as well."		your clothing.]

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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