^{22 Ref} And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

^{23 Ref} the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

^{24 Ref} `Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

^{25 Ref} and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

^{26 Ref} If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

^{27 Ref} `Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

^{28 Ref} and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

^{29 Ref} `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

^{30 Ref} for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;