And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
And he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.
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