“You have heard that it was said,
‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist
an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to
him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your
coat also. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who
asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.”
“For this reason I say to you,
do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you
will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life
more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air,
that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly
Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by
being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried
about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor
do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed
himself like one of these. 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! Do not worry then, saying,
‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,
and all these things will be added to you.
“So do not worry about tomorrow;
for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Scripture taken from the NEW A
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1995 by
The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
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