A cubit (πηχυν). Matthew 6:27 has πηχυν ενα (one cubit, though ενα is sometimes merely the indefinite article.

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Consider the ravens.—See Notes on Matthew 6:26-27. Here, however, we have the more specific “ravens” instead of the wider…

For your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Co…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Just as before, when raising our minds to spiritual boldness, He assured us with the example of the b…

The thrust of the comparison “how much more valuable?” is similar to the argument from the lesser to the greater in vv.6–7. There the sparrows repr…

And which of you with taking thought
In an anxious and distressing manner, for food and raiment, in order to preserv…

Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25–34). The arguments used here ar…