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Matthew 6:27

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Matthew 6:27 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

    BBE

  • But which of you by carefulness can add to his growth one cubit?

    DBY

  • "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life?

    WEB

  • `And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    YLT

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

    ENG

  • Which of you by anxious care can add one cubit to his stature?

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

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?

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?

27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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