Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 6:30

"But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?" — Matthew 6:30 (ASV)

“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 about birds; flowers neither toil nor spin. The point is not that Jesus’ disciples may opt for laziness but that God’s providence and care are so rich that he clothes the grass with wild flowers that are neither productive nor enduring. Even Solomon, the richest and most extravagant of Israel’s monarchs, was not arrayed like one of these fields. Jesus closes with the thought that the root of anxiety is unbelief.