^{22 Ref} He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

^{23 Ref} Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

^{24 Ref} Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

^{25 Ref} Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

^{26 Ref} If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

^{27 Ref} Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

^{28 Ref} But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

^{29 Ref} Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

^{30 Ref} For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

^{31 Ref} But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.