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If then you aren`t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
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The Logic of Trust
Jesus presents a logical argument from the lesser to the greater. Commentators explain that if we are powerless to control even a 'least thing'—like adding a single hour to our lifespan or an inch to our height—it is completely illogical to be anxious about 'the rest,' which are the much larger, more complex issues of life that are even further beyond our control.
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Not able to do even that which is least (ουδε ελαχιστον δυνασθε). Negative ουδε in the condition of the first class. Elative super…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
If you then are not able to do that thing which is least,
It really is a matter of very slight consequence whether you are a little …
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
Presbyterian
Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25—34). The arguments used here ar…
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