Matthew 6:25
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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?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?
In other translations
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?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?
Greek words
ΔιὰDiaBecause ofG1223τοῦτοtoutothisG3778λέγωlegōI sayG3004ὑμῖν·huminto you;G4771μὴmēnotG3361μεριμνᾶτεmerimnatedo be anxious aboutG3309τῇtēatheG3588ψυχῇpsuchēalifeG5590ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771τίtiwhatG5101φάγητεphagēteyou may eatG5315ἢēorG2228τίtiwhatG5101πίητε,piēteyou may drink,G4095μηδὲmēdenorG3366τῷtōabout theG3588σώματιsōmatibodyG4983ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771τίtiwhatG5101ἐνδύσησθε.endusēstheyou may put on.G1746οὐχὶouchiSurelyG3780ἡhē<the>G3588ψυχὴpsuchēlifeG5590πλεῖόνpleionmoreG4119ἐστινestinisG1510τῆςtēs<the>G3588τροφῆςtrophēs[than] foodG5160καὶkaiandG2532τὸtotheG3588σῶμαsōmabodyG4983τοῦtou<the>G3588ἐνδύματος;endumatos[than] clothing?G1742
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