^{24 Ref} Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

^{25 Ref} And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

^{26 Ref} If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

^{27 Ref} Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

^{28 Ref} If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?