Not able to do even that which is least (ουδε ελαχιστον δυνασθε). Negative ουδε in the condition of the first class. Elative super…

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least.—The words are peculiar to St. Luke’s report. If no amount of anxi…

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…

If you then be not able to do that which is least
As to make the smallest addition to a man's stature, or rather to …

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