Matthew 6:34 (WEB)
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Catechism · 4
The Tenth Commandment
“Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:25-34.
At the Wellsprings of Prayer
“Jesus' teaching about praying to our Father is in the same vein as his teaching about providence:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:11, 34.
The Seven Petitions
“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.
“"This day" is also an expression of trust taught us by the Lord,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 6:34; Ex 16:19.
Fathers and councils · 30
Jerome
“Matt. vi. 34.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He is bearing his cross, neither taking thought for the morrow nor looking back at what he has left.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
Read the whole comment“Amandus a presbyter of Burdigala (Bourdeaux) had written to Jerome for an explanation of three passages of scripture, viz. Matt. vi. 34, 1 Cor. vi. 18, 1 Cor. xv. 25, 26, and had in the same letter on behalf of a ‘sister’ (supposed by Thierry to have been Fabiola) put the following…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Let us “take no thought for the morrow: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25, 27, 34.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“Most of all, he thought that the words of the Saviour in the Gospel should be observed, in which he exhorts not to have two coats nor to use shoes nor to occupy oneself with cares for the future.” — editor's note: See Matt. vi. 34
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Augustine of Hippo
“There is another evil of the day that I would were “sufficient” unto it.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
Read the whole comment““Sufficient for the day be the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
Read the whole comment“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 25–34
Read the whole comment“Howbeit, to them as well as us is it said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34
Read the whole comment“And a little after: “Ye cannot,” saith He, “serve God and mammon.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 24, 25, 34
Read the whole comment“As that, “Take no thought for the morrow,” and, “Take therefore no thought what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or what ye shall put on.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34, 31
Read the whole comment“…then that the custom of having church-money was first introduced, so that thereby we might understand that His precept about taking no thought for the morrow was not a command that no money should be kept by His saints, but that God should not be served for any such end, and that the doing of what is right should…” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
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John Chrysostom
“How then saith Jesus to Martha, “Thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part”? ( Luke x. 41, 42 ); and again, “Take no thought for the morrow.” ( Matt. vi. 34.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And for “daily bread,” so as not to “take thought for the morrow.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And again as he went into the church, hearing the Lord say in the Gospel, ‘be not anxious for the morrow,’ he could stay no longer, but went out and gave those things also to the poor.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
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Tertullian
““But Christians concern themselves about posterity”—to whom there is no to-morrow!” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. vi. 34; Jas. iv. 13–15.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“Moreover, He justly added, “Give us this day,” seeing He had previously said, “Take no careful thought about the morrow, what ye are to eat.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34 and Luke xii. 29 seem to be referred to; but the same remark applies as in note 10 on the preceding page.
Read the whole comment“The Greeks also sometimes use the word “evils” for troubles and injuries (not malignant ones), as in this passage of yours is also meant.” — editor's note: Thus, according to St. Jerome, in Matt. vi. 34, κακία means κάκωσις. “Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof”—the occurent adversities.
Read the whole comment“…lilies of the field; who, without any labour on their part, feeds the fowls of the heaven; who prohibits care to be taken about to-morrow’s food and clothing, promising that He knows what is needful for each of His servants—not indeed ponderous necklaces, not burdensome garments, not Gallic mules nor German bearers,…” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 31, 34.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
Read the whole comment“Sufficient unto the day is its own evil.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore also in what follows He says: “Take no anxious thought for the morrow; sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
Read the whole comment“For He says, “Take no anxious thought for to-morrow,” meaning that the man who has devoted himself to Christ ought to be sufficient to himself, and servant to himself, and moreover lead a life which provides for each day by itself.” — editor's note: Matt. vi. 34.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
Having forbid anxiety for the things of the day, He now forbids anxiety for future things, such a fruitless care as proceeds from the fault of men, in these words, “Be not ye anxious about the morrow.”
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Tomorrow in Scripture signifies time future, as Jacob in Genesis says, “Tomorrow shall my righteousness hear me.” [Gen 35:33] And in the phantasm of Samuel the Pythoness says to Saul, “Tomorrow shalt thou be with…
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Nothing brings so much pain to the spirit as anxiety and cark. That He says, “The morrow shall be anxious for itself,” comes of desire to make more plain what He speaks; to that end employing a prosopopeia of time,…
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Otherwise; By “today” are signified such things as are needful for us in this present life; “Tomorrow” denotes those things that are superfluous. “Be not ye therefore anxious for the morrow,” thus means, Seek not to…
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Or otherwise; Tomorrow is said only of time where future succeeds to past. When then we work any good work, we think not of earthly but of heavenly things. “The morrow shall be anxious for itself,” that is, Take food…
Read the whole comment - Hilary of PoitiersCatena Aurea on Matthew
This is further comprehended under the full meaning of the Divine words. We are commanded not to be careful about the future, because sufficient for our life is the evil of the days wherein we live, that is to say,…
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Cross-references · 32
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Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 29.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §2836.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 6:34 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §2836.
Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §2659.
Cited together in Catechism §2659.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.24.