Matthew 6:27

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Matthew 6:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

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KJV

King James Version

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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WEB

World English Bible

“Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

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ASV

American Standard Version

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And who of you⁺, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan one cubit?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 6

²⁵ Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

²⁶ Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

²⁷ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

²⁸ And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.

²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

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