KJV King James Version
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
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Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
ASV American Standard Version
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day is the evil of it.
Surrounding context — Matthew 6
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
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μὴG3361 · mēnotοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenμεριμνήσητεG3309 · merimnaōto worryεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoαὔριον·G839 · auriontomorrowἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγὰρG1063 · garforαὔριονG839 · auriontomorrowμεριμνήσειG3309 · merimnaōto worryἑαυτῆς.G1438 · heautouthemselfἀρκετὸνG713 · arketossufficientτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμέρᾳG2250 · hēmeradayἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoκακίαG2549 · kakiaevilαὐτῆς.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.Hebrews 13:5-6[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.Luke 11:3Give us day by day our daily bread.Lamentations 3:23[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.1 Kings 17:14-16For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.1 Kings 17:4-6And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.1 Thessalonians 3:3-4That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.2 Kings 7:1-2Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.Exodus 16:18-20And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.Deuteronomy 33:25Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
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