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But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith?
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The Logic of God's Care
Commentators explain that Jesus uses a powerful 'lesser to greater' argument. If God expends creative energy to beautifully clothe temporary grass, which is alive one day and burned as fuel the next, it serves as an absolute guarantee that He will provide for His children, who are infinitely more valuable and created for eternity.
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Luke
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Clothe (αμφιαζε). Late Greek verb in the Koine (papyri) for the older form αμφιεννυμ (Matthew 6:30). See Matthe…
19th Century
Anglican
Consider the lilies how they grow. See Notes on Matthew 6:28-33.
There are, however, some noticeable variations, such as:
Baptist
Why do you take thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they do not toil, they do not spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon…
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Jesus gives two final examples of the lesser to greater argument. He contrasts (1) the grandeur of Solomon, who could afford the finest clothing, t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If then God so clothe the grass lilies and tulips; for they are no other than grass, weak, frail, fading, short live…
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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