Matthew 6:25

“Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:25-34.

“…Father in secret, not heaping up empty phrases, prayerful forgiveness from the depths of the heart, purity of heart, and seeking the Kingdom before all else.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 5:23-24, 44-45; 6:7, 14-15, 21, 25, 33.

“In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus insists on the filial trust that cooperates with our Father's providence.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:25-34.

“Consider the lilies of the field;”—these precepts, and those which follow, are not inconsistent with the promised blessings of the law, which teaches that the just “shall eat their bread to the…” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25–28.

“And, again, in the Gospels, Christ taught His disciples saying, Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat, nor for your body what ye shall put on.” — editor's note: St. Matt. vi. 25.

“For the body is the garment of the soul; since our Lord called it a garment, when He said, “Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25.

“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25–34

“And a little after: “Ye cannot,” saith He, “serve God and mammon.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24, 25, 34

“For that corruptible meat is necessary for this life, of which the Lord Himself says, “Is not the soul more than meat?” i.e. this life to which meat is necessary.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25.

““Is not the soul more than meat, and the body more than the raiment?”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25. [R.V., “Is not the life more than the food,” i.e., the food that sustains it.—R.]

“Now here indeed He signifies His goodness by means of our fathers, but in what precedes by the chief among His gifts, by the “soul,”by the body.” — editor's note: Or “life:” see Matt. vi. 25.

“The “thorns” which choke our faith are the taking thought for our life.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25.

“Let us “take no thought for the morrow: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25, 27, 34.

“But “think not,” says He, “about food;” and as an example of clothing we have the lilies.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25, 31, etc.; Luke xii. 22–24.

“What if a man allege “indigence,” so as to profess that his flesh is openly prostituted, and given in marriage for the sake of maintenance; forgetting that there is to be no careful thought about food and clothing?” — editor's note: See Matt. vi. 25–34.

“We who carry about our very soul, our very body, exposed in this world to injury from all, and exhibit patience under that injury; shall we be hurt at the loss of less important things?” — editor's note: i.e. money and the like. Compare Matt. vi. 25; Luke xii. 23.

“…for something else is surely less precious than that for which it is made, as the Gospel tells us that “the soul is more than meat and the body than raiment,” because the latter things exist for the sake of the former—for the soul was not made for meat nor our bodies for raiment, but when the former things were…” — editor's note: S. Matt. vi. 25

“For, The soul is more than meat, and the body than raiment (Matth. vi. 25; Luke xii. 23).” — the author cites it

“The covering ought, in my judgment, to show that which is covered to be better than itself, as the image is superior to the temple, the soul to the body, and the body to the clothes.” — editor's note: [Matt. vi. 25.]

The Lord had taught above, that whoso desires to love God, and to take heed not to offend, should not think that he can serve two masters; lest though perhaps he may not look for superfluities, yet his heart may…

He does not hereby mean that the spirit needs food, for it is incorporeal, but He speaks according to common usage, for the soul cannot remain in the body unless the body be fed.

Or we may understand the soul in this place to be put for the animal life.

Some manuscripts, add here, “nor what ye shall drink.” [ed. note, b: vid. Exod. xv. 34. and infra v. 31. The clause is also omitted by other versions, by Erasmus, Mill, and Bengel. Wetstein retains.] That which…

There are certain heretics called Euchitae [ed. note, c: The Euchites, who were so called from their profession of prayer, were properly fanatical Monks of the fourth and following centuries, but their name is often…

For they say the Apostle did not speak of personal labour, such as that of husbandmen or craftsmen, when he said, “Who will not work, neither let him eat.” [2 Thes 3:10] For he could not be so contrary to the Gospel…

Or we may connect the context otherwise; When the Lord had inculcated contempt of money, that none might say, How then shall we be able to live when we have given up our all? He adds, “Therefore I say unto you, Take…

That is, Be not withdrawn by temporal cares from things eternal.

The command is therefore, “not to be anxious what we shall eat.” For it is also commanded, that in the sweat of our face we must eat bread. Toil therefore is enjoined, carking forbidden.

Bread may not be gained by carefulness of spirit, but by toil of body; and to them that will labour it abounds, God bestowing it as a reward of their industry; and is lacking to the idle, God withdrawing it as…

He who has given the greater, will He not also give the less?

For had He not willed that which was should be preserved, He had not created it; but what He so created that it should be preserved by food, it is necessary that He give it food, as long as He would have it to be…

Otherwise; Because the thoughts of the unbelievers were ill-employed respecting care of things future, cavilling concerning what is to be the appearance of our bodies in the resurrection, what the food in the eternal…

Matthew 6:25 and Luke 12:22 share the same wording (24 words).

Matthew 6:25 and Luke 12:29 share the same wording (9 words).

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in Catechism §2547.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.15.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 6:25 (4) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 34.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in On Patience Chapter 8.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in Against Celsus VII.24.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

Cited together in Catechism §2608.

Cited together in Catechism §2608.

Cited together in Catechism §2608.

Cited together in Catechism §2608.