The lilies of the field (τα κρινα του αγρου). The word may include other wild flowers besides lilies, blossoms like anemones, popp…

The fourth consideration is taken from the lilies of the valley. Watch the growing of the lily. It toils not, and it spins not. Yet night and day i…

Why take ye thought for raiment? — The question might well be asked of every race in the whole human family. Yet we should not for…

Christ then asks whether, by worrying, they can add a single cubit to their lives—for I understand His question to mean whether they could, by any …

St. John Chrysostom: Homily 22: Having shown that it is not right to be anxious about food, He passes to something less essent…

“Lilies of the field” (v.28) may be any of the wild flowers so abundant in Galilee. Jesus’ point is a little different from the first illustration …

And why take you thought for raiment
Having exposed the folly of an anxious and immoderate care and thought, for food to suppo…

There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things …

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth. Above, the Lord prescribed that we do not do works for the sake of [human] …