^{22 Ref} And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for `your' life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

^{23 Ref} For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

^{24 Ref} Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

^{25 Ref} And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

^{26 Ref} If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?

^{27 Ref} Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

^{28 Ref} But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more `shall he clothe' you, O ye of little faith?

^{29 Ref} And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

^{30 Ref} For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.