Matthew 6:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
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BSBPD
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 6:27 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
- Matthew 5:36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- Luke 12:25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- 1 Corinthians 12:18But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
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