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Jesus has just told his followers not to worry about material things such as food or clothing, as God will provide the needs of his followers. Earlier in the chapter, Jesus spoke of how his followers must not pursue wealth and material things before God. This verse ties the two notions together.
Matthew 6:13 is the thirteenth verse of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, and forms part of the Sermon on the Mount.This verse is the fifth and final one of the Lord's Prayer, one of the best known parts of the entire New Testament.
And Solomon was exceeded by the flowers not once only, or twice, but throughout his whole reign; and this is that He says, In all his glory; for no one day was he arrayed as are the flowers. [6] Pseudo-Chrysostom: Or the meaning may be, that Solomon though he toiled not for his own raiment, yet he gave command for the making of it. But where ...
The second meaning implies that Jesus, speaking in the open air, pointed to some birds nearby while speaking these lines. Birds of the sky literally translates as "birds in heaven," but this was a common expression for birds in flight through the air and does not imply the birds were with God. There are several debates over this verse.
Two verses earlier at Matthew 6:26 Jesus told his followers not to worry about food, because even the birds are provided for by God. In this verse Jesus presents the example of the lilies, who also do no labour. Spin in this verse is a reference to spinning thread, a labour-intensive but necessary part of making clothing. Spinning was ...
Jesus has been discussing the lilies in the field, and how even these simple flowers are more finely clothed than Solomon.In this verse he states that if God clothes the lowly flowers so grandly, he will certainly ensure that his human followers are properly clad.
Jesus and the rest of His disciples go into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray ("He Is Jehovah" (reprise)). The disciples fall asleep. Jesus begs God to take away the suffering he will endure, but then asks that God's will be done so that God may be glorified ("Glorify Your Son"§). The disciples awaken as Judas returns with some Roman soldiers.
In the King James Version of the English Bible the text reads: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.