Mace(i)
22 Wherefore (said he to his disciples,) be not sollicitous for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 the life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: nor have cellar or barn: are not you of much greater value than the fowls?
25 but which of you, with all his disquietude, can add one moment to the period of his life?
26 if then you can't effect so small a matter, why are you disquieted about a much longer time?
27 consider the lillys how they grow: they neither toil nor spin: and yet, I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 now if God thus cloaths the flowers, which exist to-day in the field, and to-morrow are thrown into the oven: how much more will he cloath you, O distrustful men?
29 therefore don't be concern'd about what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; but lay aside all your anxiety:
30 for it is enough that the Gentiles are so concern'd about these things: as for you, your father is acquainted with all your wants.