Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Trusting God for Our Needs (Verses 25-30)

Verse 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?”

Verse 26
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”

Verse 27
“Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

Verse 28
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.”

Verse 29
“Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”

Verse 30
“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you—you of little faith?”

Seeking First the Kingdom (Verses 31-34)

Verse 31
“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’”

Verse 32
“For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.”

Verse 33
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Verse 34
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Vocabulary

1. Worry – To feel anxious or troubled about something.
2. Sow – To plant seeds in the ground.
3. Reap – To harvest crops after they have grown.
4. Splendor – Great beauty or magnificence.
5. Seek – To actively search for something with effort.

Grammar & Examples

1. Rhetorical Questions (Questions that do not need an answer)

   • Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
   • Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

2. Comparative Statements

   • Are you not much more valuable than they?
   • Not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

3. Imperative Sentences (Commands)

   • Do not worry about tomorrow.
   • Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.