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27 And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the [a]span of his life?(A)

28 And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and [b]learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.

29 Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his [c]magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:27 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon: the word translated “cubit” is used as a measurement of time, as well as a measurement of length.
  2. Matthew 6:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  3. Matthew 6:29 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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