The grass of the field (τον χορτον του αγρου). The common grass of the field. This heightens the comparison.

Is cast into the oven. The Jews had different modes of baking. In early times they frequently baked in the sand, warmed with the heat of t…

The grass of the field — The term is used generically to include the meadow-flowers which were cut down with the grass and used as…

It is not merely that lilies grow, but that God Himself clothes them with surpassing beauty. These lilies, when growing, appear only as the grass, …

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 …

Wherefore if God so clothe the gra of the field .
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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] …