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Why do you have so little faith? <a href="/esv/matthew/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if God thus clothes the grass of the field, existing today and tomorrow being thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/kjv/matthew/6.htm">King James Bible</a> Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/nkjv/matthew/6.htm">New King James Version</a> Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/nasb_/matthew/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! <a href="/nasb/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! <a href="/nasb77/matthew/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But if God so arrays the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you, O men of little faith? <a href="/lsb/matthew/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! <a href="/amp/matthew/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive and green today and tomorrow is [cut and] thrown [as fuel] into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! <a href="/csb/matthew/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t he do much more for you—you of little faith? <a href="/hcsb/matthew/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If that&#8217s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won&#8217t He do much more for you—you of little faith? <a href="/asv/matthew/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/cev/matthew/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. God will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith? <a href="/erv/matthew/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/gwt/matthew/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That's the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it's alive, and tomorrow it's thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so little faith? <a href="/gnt/matthew/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> It is God who clothes the wild grass--grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have! <a href="/isv/matthew/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you much better—you who have little faith? <a href="/msb/matthew/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/net/matthew/6.htm">NET Bible</a> And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won't he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? <a href="/nheb/matthew/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith? <a href="/wbt/matthew/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Wherefore, if God so clotheth the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith? <a href="/web/matthew/6.htm">World English Bible</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And if the herb of the field, that today is, and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, God so clothes—not much more you, O you of little faith? <a href="/blb/matthew/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if God thus clothes the grass of the field, existing today and tomorrow being thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? <a href="/ylt/matthew/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/slt/matthew/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if the grass of the field, being this day, and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes much rather you, ye of little faith!<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/cpdv/matthew/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith? <a href="/nabre/matthew/6.htm">New American Bible</a> If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now if God clothes in such fashion the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow falls into the fireplace, is he not much more to you, O you of little faith? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But if God so clothes the grass of the field that is today and will fall into the oven tomorrow, does he not multiply more to you, Oh small of faith?<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> If then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith? <a href="/godbey/matthew/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>But if God so clothed the verdure of the field, existing today and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?<Fr> <a href="/haweis/matthew/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, in beauty, and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? <a href="/mace/matthew/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> now if God thus adorns the flower of the field, which thriving to day, is to morrow thrown into the oven, how much more shall he provide for you, if you have any degree of faith? <a href="/wey/matthew/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith? <a href="/worrell/matthew/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>And, if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith!<Fr> <a href="/worsley/matthew/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>Now if God so clothe the grass of the field, which <Fr>is growing<FR> to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the fire, <Fr>will He<FR> not much more <Fr>clothe<FR> you, O ye of little faith?<Fr> <a href="/parallel/matthew/6-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=1476" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/6.htm">Do Not Worry</a> …29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. 30<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">If</a> <a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">that is how</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/294.htm" title="294: amphiennysin (V-PIA-3S) -- To put on, clothe. From the base of amphoteros and hennumi; to enrobe.">clothes</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5528.htm" title="5528: chorton (N-AMS) -- Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a court or garden, i.e. herbage or vegetation.">grass</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/68.htm" title="68: agrou (N-GMS) -- From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet.">field,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: onta (V-PPA-AMS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">which is here</a> <a href="/greek/4594.htm" title="4594: sēmeron (Adv) -- Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now.">today</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/839.htm" title="839: aurion (Adv) -- Tomorrow. From a derivative of the same as aer; properly, fresh, i.e. to-morrow.">tomorrow</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: ballomenon (V-PPM/P-AMS) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">is thrown</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/2823.htm" title="2823: klibanon (N-AMS) -- An oven, furnace. Of uncertain derivation; an earthen pot used for baking in.">the furnace,</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">will He not</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: pollō (Adj-DNS) -- Much, many; often. ">much</a> <a href="/greek/3123.htm" title="3123: mallon (Adv) -- More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.">more</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymas (PPro-A2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">clothe you,</a> <a href="/greek/3640.htm" title="3640: oligopistoi (Adj-VMP) -- Of little faith. From oligos and pistis; incredulous, i.e. Lacking confidence.">O you of little faith?</a> 31Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a> If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith! <a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a> “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Matthew 14:31</a> Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?” <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Matthew 16:8</a> Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread? <a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a> But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <a href="/hebrews/11-1.htm">Hebrews 11:1</a> Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. <a href="/romans/8-32.htm">Romans 8:32</a> He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a> And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. <a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a> Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a> A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a> to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a> As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. <a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25</a> I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread. <a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24</a> How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?clothe.<a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5,6</a> Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up… <a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a> When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:<a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a> The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: … O ye.<a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a> And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.<a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Matthew 14:31</a> And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?<a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Matthew 16:8</a> Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/5-30.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-5.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/psalms/84-6.htm">Clotheth</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-3.htm">Exists</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Field</a> <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Flourishes</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/amos/7-2.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Herbage</a> <a href="/matthew/2-21.htm">Little</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">Today</a> <a href="/matthew/6-11.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/malachi/2-15.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/7-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/25-38.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/matthew/11-8.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/numbers/20-28.htm">Clotheth</a> <a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Exists</a> <a href="/matthew/8-10.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/matthew/9-38.htm">Field</a> <a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Flourishes</a> <a href="/matthew/13-42.htm">Furnace</a> <a href="/matthew/7-8.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/matthew/14-19.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/matthew/13-26.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Herbage</a> <a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Little</a> <a href="/matthew/6-34.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Oven</a> <a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Thrown</a> <a href="/matthew/16-3.htm">Today</a> <a href="/matthew/16-3.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/matthew/6-34.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/matthew/6-34.htm">To-Morrow</a> <a href="/matthew/7-20.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/mark/1-6.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/matthew/7-1.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 6</div>1. <a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Giving to the Needy</a> 5. <a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">The Lord's Prayer</a> 16. <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Proper Fasting</a> 19. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Store up Treasures in Heaven</a> 25. <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Do Not Worry</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">but seek God's kingdom.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field This phrase highlights God's provision and care for creation. In the biblical context, grass and wildflowers were common in the fields of ancient Israel, often used as fuel for ovens. The imagery of God clothing the grass suggests His attention to even the most transient parts of creation. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's providence, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, where God provides for all living things. The reference to clothing also connects to God's provision of garments for Adam and Eve in <a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21</a>, symbolizing His care and covering.which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace The transience of grass is emphasized here, illustrating the temporary nature of earthly things. In the cultural context of first-century Judea, grass and wildflowers were used as fuel for baking ovens, a common practice due to the scarcity of wood. This phrase underscores the fleeting nature of life and material possessions, echoing themes found in <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2</a>, where life is described as a vapor. It serves as a reminder of the eternal versus the temporal, urging believers to focus on heavenly treasures (<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a>).will He not much more clothe you This rhetorical question emphasizes God's greater care for humans, who are made in His image (<a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a>). It reassures believers of God's provision, encouraging trust in His ability to meet their needs. The comparison between grass and humans highlights the value God places on people, aligning with Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/10-31.htm">Matthew 10:31</a> that humans are worth more than many sparrows. This assurance is a call to faith, urging believers to rely on God's promises.O you of little faith? This phrase is a gentle rebuke and a call to deeper trust in God. It reflects a recurring theme in the Gospels, where Jesus addresses the disciples' lack of faith (e.g., <a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26, 14</a>:31). The phrase challenges believers to examine their trust in God's provision and care. It also connects to the broader biblical narrative of faith, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/11.htm">Hebrews 11</a>, which commends those who trusted God despite uncertainty. This call to faith is central to the Christian life, urging believers to rely on God's faithfulness rather than their own understanding.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, delivering the Sermon on the Mount, teaching about trust in God's provision. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples_and_followers.htm">Disciples and Followers</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who are called to trust in God. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The provider and sustainer, who cares for all creation, including the grass of the field. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grass_of_the_field.htm">Grass of the Field</a> A metaphor for the temporary and transient nature of earthly things, used to illustrate God's care for creation. 5. <a href="/topical/f/furnace.htm">Furnace</a> Represents the temporary nature of earthly life and the ultimate end of material things.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> Believers are called to trust that God, who cares for the grass of the field, will surely provide for their needs. <a href="/topical/f/faith_over_worry.htm">Faith Over Worry</a> Jesus challenges His followers to have faith rather than succumb to worry about material needs. <a href="/topical/v/value_of_creation.htm">Value of Creation</a> Recognize the value God places on all creation, and how much more He values and cares for His children. <a href="/topical/t/temporary_vs._eternal.htm">Temporary vs. Eternal</a> Understand the temporary nature of earthly things and focus on eternal values and God's kingdom. <a href="/topical/s/strengthening_faith.htm">Strengthening Faith</a> Use this teaching to strengthen personal faith and reliance on God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 6</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_teach_about_hate.htm">Are you content with what you have now?</a> <a href="/q/are_you_content_with_what_you_have_now.htm">Are you content with what you have now?</a> <a href="/q/why_pray_if_god_knows_our_needs.htm">Matthew 6:8: If God already knows our needs, why pray at all?</a> <a href="/q/disciples'_reaction_to_jesus_walking_on_water.htm">How did the disciples react when Jesus walked on water? They worshipped him as the Son of God (Matthew 14:33) but were astounded and didn't understand (Mark 6:51-52).</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) The grass of the field.--The term is used generically to include the meadow-flowers which were cut down with the grass, and used as fodder or as fuel. The scarcity of wood in Palestine made the latter use more common there than in Europe. The "oven" in this passage was the portable earthen vessel used by the poor for baking their bread. The coarse ligneous hay was placed below it and round it, and short-lived as the flame was, so that "the crackling of the thorns" (<a href="/psalms/118-12.htm" title="They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.">Psalm 118:12</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm" title="For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.">Ecclesiastes 7:6</a>) became proverbial, it had time to do its work.O ye of little faith.--The word is found only in our Lord's teaching, and the passages in which it occurs are all singularly suggestive. The disciples were not faithless or unbelieving, but their trust was weak. They lacked in moments of anxiety the courage which leads men to rely implicitly on the love and wisdom of their Father. So in the stormy night on the lake, or when Peter began to sink in the waves, or when the disciples had forgotten to take bread, the same word recurs (<a href="/matthew/8-26.htm" title="And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.">Matthew 8:26</a>; <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm" title="And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?">Matthew 14:31</a>; <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm" title="Which when Jesus perceived, he said to them, O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, because you have brought no bread?">Matthew 16:8</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 30. - <a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a> with slight differences. Luke's rather harder phraseology is in Savour of it being the more original form. Wherefore; but (Revised Version). The Authorized Version is too strong for the simple δέ. If God so clothe. The insertion by the Revised Version of "doth" brings out the thought of the indicative mood and of the ever-presence of the action. Observe with the processes and the agencies in the development of these colours our Lord's advice has nothing to do; origin, develop-merit, and result are all Divine. The grass (τὸν χόρτον). Possibly literally the grass among which the lilies grow (Weiss, 'Matthaus. Ev.'), but probably the herbage (<a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Genesis 1:11</a>; cf. also probably <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6, 7</a>; <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a>), including that of which special mention has been made - the lilies. Of the field (ver. 28, note). Luke's ἐν ἀγρῷ lays even more stress on the place in which it receives this glory. Which to-day is; rather, though to-day it is (σήμερον ὄντα). And to-morrow is cast; before our very eyes (βαλλόμενον). Into the oven. Not the fixed but the portable oven (εἰς κλίβανον), "a large jar made of clay, about three feet high, and widening towards the bottom... heated with dry twigs and grass" (Smith's 'Dict.'); cf. also Carr for a description of the Indian method of making chupatties. Shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 'Ὀλιγόπιστοι, except in the parallel passage of Luke, comes in Matthew alone in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26</a>; <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Matthew 14:31</a>; <a href="/matthew/16-8.htm">Matthew 16:8</a>), in each case referring to want of faith under the pressure of earthly trials. It is the New Testament expression of <a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm">Proverbs 24:10</a>. <a href="/commentaries/matthew/6-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>If εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. that is how οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. clothes ἀμφιέννυσιν (amphiennysin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_294.htm">Strong's 294: </a> To put on, clothe. From the base of amphoteros and hennumi; to enrobe. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. grass χόρτον (chorton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5528.htm">Strong's 5528: </a> Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a 'court' or 'garden', i.e. herbage or vegetation. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. field, ἀγροῦ (agrou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet. which is [here] ὄντα (onta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. today σήμερον (sēmeron) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4594.htm">Strong's 4594: </a> Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. tomorrow αὔριον (aurion) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_839.htm">Strong's 839: </a> Tomorrow. From a derivative of the same as aer; properly, fresh, i.e. to-morrow. [is] thrown βαλλόμενον (ballomenon) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the furnace, κλίβανον (klibanon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2823.htm">Strong's 2823: </a> An oven, furnace. Of uncertain derivation; an earthen pot used for baking in. [will He] not οὐ (ou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. much πολλῷ (pollō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. more μᾶλλον (mallon) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3123.htm">Strong's 3123: </a> More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather. [clothe] you, ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. O [you] of little faith? ὀλιγόπιστοι (oligopistoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3640.htm">Strong's 3640: </a> Of little faith. 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