Matthew 6:31–32
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or, what shall we drinke? or wherewithall shall wee be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
(For after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these things.
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From verse 31
- 1 Peter 5:7Rank 1 from verse 31
- Luke 12:29Rank 2 from verse 31
- Matthew 4:4Rank 3 from verse 31
- Psalms 55:22Rank 4 from verse 31
- Matthew 15:33Rank 5 from verse 31
- Psalms 37:3Rank 6 from verse 31
- 2 Chronicles 25:9Rank 7 from verse 31
9And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this.
9And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall wee doe for the hundred talents which I haue giuen to the †armie of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to giue thee much more then this.
- Psalms 78:18–31Rank 8 from verse 31
18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
21Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
25Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.
26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
18And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust.
19*†Yea, they spake against God: they said, Can God furnish a table in the wildernes?
20*Behold, he smote the rocke, that the waters gushed out, & the streames ouerflowed; can he giue bread also? can he prouide flesh for his people?
21Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth, so a fire was kindled against Iacob: and anger also came vp against Israel.
22Because they beleeued not in God: and trusted not in his saluation:
23Though he had commanded the cloudes from aboue: and opened the doores of heauen:
24*And had rained downe Manna vpon them to eate, and had giuen them of the corne of heauen.
25*‖Man did eate Angels food: hee sent them meat to the full.
26†He caused an East wind to blow in the heauen: and by his power hee brought in the South wind.
27†He rained flesh also vpon them as dust: and feathered soules like as the sand of the sea.
28And hee let it fall in the midst of their campe, round about their habitations.
29So they did eate, & were well filled: for he gaue them their owne desire.
30*They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meate was yet in their mouthes,
31†‖The wrath of God came vpon them, and slew the fattest of them: and smote downe the chosen men of Israel.
- Leviticus 25:20–22Rank 9 from verse 31
20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
20And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
21Then I will command my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it shall bring forth fruit for three yeeres.
22And ye shall sow the eight yeere, and eat yet of old fruit, vntill the ninth yeere: vntill her fruits come in, ye shall eate of the old store.
From verse 32
- Matthew 6:8Rank 1 from verse 32
- Luke 12:30Rank 2 from verse 32
- Ephesians 4:17Rank 3 from verse 32
- Luke 11:11–13Rank 4 from verse 32
11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
11*If a sonne shall aske bread of any of you that is a father, will hee giue him a stone? Or if he aske a fish, will he for a fish giue him a serpent?
12Or if he shall aske an egge, will he offer him a scorpion?
13If ye then, being euill, know how to giue good gifts vnto your children: how much more shall your heauenly Father giue the holy Spirit to them that aske him?
- Psalms 17:14Rank 5 from verse 32
14From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
14‖‖From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which haue their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: They are full of children, and leaue the rest of their substance to their babes.
- Matthew 20:25–26Rank 6 from verse 32
25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
25But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, *Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie vpon them.
26But it shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer will bee great among you, let him be your minister.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5Rank 7 from verse 32
- Psalms 103:13Rank 8 from verse 32
- Matthew 5:46–47Rank 9 from verse 32
46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
46*For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same?
47And if yee salute your brethren only, what do you more then others? Doe not euen the Publicanes so?
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Matthew 6:31
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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wherewithal
With what, with which, or by what means.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Dressed or covered with garments or another material covering. 2. Figuratively, furnished, arrayed, or characterized with a stated condition or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Matthew 6:32
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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Persons of the nations; in the New Testament, persons distinguished from Jews.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Belonging to, coming from, or resembling heaven.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: Want: occasion for something; necessity; a state that requires supply or relief. Sense 2: To require or lack something necessary.
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6:24¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
6:24¶ *No man can serue two masters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or else hee will holde to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and Mammon.
6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
6:25Therfore I say vnto you, *Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, nor yet for your body, what yee shall put on: Is not the life more then meate? and the body then raiment?
6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
6:26Behold the foules of the aire: for they sow not, neither do they reape, nor gather into barnes, yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are yee not much better then they?
6:27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
6:27Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?
6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
6:28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lillies of the field, how they grow: they toile not, neither doe they spinne.
6:29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
6:29And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his glory, was not arayed like one of these.
6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grasse of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the ouen: shall he not much more clothe you, O yee of little faith?
6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
6:31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or, what shall we drinke? or wherewithall shall wee be clothed?
Selected passage6:32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
6:32(For after all these things doe the Gentiles seeke:) for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue neede of all these things.
Selected passage6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
6:33But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shalbe added vnto you.
6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it selfe: sufficient vnto the day is the euill thereof.