11 translations · Greek
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:25 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore 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?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Because of this I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you may eat, and what you may drink, nor for your body, what you may put on. Is not life more than nourishment, and the body than clothing?
- FBV Free Bible Version
- That's why I'm telling you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about what to eat, or what to drink, or what clothes to put on. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?
- DBY Darby Translation
- For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious 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 food, and the body than raiment?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Διὰ | Dia | Therefore | G1223 διά through/because of |
| τοῦτο | touto | — | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| λέγω | legō | I tell | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | you | G4771 σύ you |
| μὴ | mē | [do] not | G3361 μή not |
| μεριμνᾶτε | merimnate | worry about | G3309 μεριμνάω to worry |
| τῇ | tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχῇ | psychē | life | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| τί | ti | what | G5101 τίς which? |
| φάγητε | phagēte | you will eat | G5315 φαγεῖν to eat |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 ἤ or |
| τί | ti | — | G5101 τίς which? |
| πίητε | piēte | drink | G4095 πίνω to drink |
| μηδὲ | mēde | or | G3366 μηδέ nor |
| τῷ | tō | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σώματι | sōmati | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | [about] your | G4771 σύ you |
| τί | ti | what | G5101 τίς which? |
| ἐνδύσησθε | endysēsthe | you will wear | G1746 ἐνδύω to put on |
| οὐχὶ | ouchi | not | G3780 οὐχί not! |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχὴ | psychē | life | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| πλεῖόν | pleion | more | G4119 πλείων, πλεῖον greater |
| ἐστιν | estin | Is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| τῆς | tēs | than | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| τροφῆς | trophēs | food | G5160 τροφή food |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σῶμα | sōma | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| τοῦ | tou | [more] than | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐνδύματος | endymatos | clothes | G1742 ἔνδυμα clothing |
Related verses
- Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Romans 8:32
He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
- 1 Peter 5:7
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
- Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
- Luke 12:22–31
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! …
- Matthew 6:31
“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
- Matthew 6:27–28
“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
- Mark 4:19
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Matthew 6:34
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
- Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
Read all of Matthew 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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