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Matthew 6:26-27
English Standard Version
Matthew 6:26-27
English Standard Version
26 (A)Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. (B)Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (C)span of life?[a]
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- Matthew 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Matthew 6:26-27
New International Version
Matthew 6:26-27
New International Version
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.(A) Are you not much more valuable than they?(B) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?(C)
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- Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height
Matthew 6:26-27
King James Version
Matthew 6:26-27
King James Version
26 Behold 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?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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