They sow not] God provides for the birds without labour on their part, because labour is not natural to birds. But labour is natural to men, therefore God provides for men by blessing their labour. There is a close rabbinical parallel to this saying: 'Have you ever seen beast or fowl that had a workshop? and yet they are fed without trouble of mind.'
Verse Matthew 6:26. _BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR_] The _second_ reason why we should not be anxiously concerned about the future, is the example of the smaller animals, which the providence of God fe...
BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR - The second argument for confidence in the providence of God is derived from a beautiful reference to the fowls or feathered tribes. See, said the Saviour, see the fowls o...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN RELATION TO WEALTH. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels to this section in Lk. MATTHEW 6:19. TREASURE (Luke...
II. THE BIRDS AND THE LILIES. 26. BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR. The birds of heaven. The one point that the Lord wishes us to behold is that the birds are fed without sowing or reaping. The argument i...
I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about what you are to eat, or what you are to drink; and do not worry about your body, about what you are to wear. Is not your life more than food,...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
BEHOLD. Look attentively (_emblepo,_ App-133.) at (_eis_). OF. which fly in. Genitive of Relation. App-17. AIR. the heaven. Sing, in contrast. _i_ th earth. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. Y...
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the "Rich Fool....
_fowls_ Old English for birds; cp. "Smale fowles maken melodie That slepen all the night with open yhe." Chaucer. There is no argument here against forethought or labour. In one sense "trusting to...
ἘΜΒΛΈΨΑΤΕ. The aorist implies the instantaneous glance possibly at large flocks of birds whirling at that moment in the sky, just as Canon Tristram observed on that very spot ‘myriads of rock pigeons....
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the Rich Fool....
VER 26. "BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR: FOR THEY SOW NOT, NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM. ARE YE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEY? 27. WHICH OF YOU BY TAKING...
_THE ACTIONS OF SHINNING, SERVING AND LIVING MATTHEW 6:22-34:_ God's desire is for our "whole body to be full of light." A good eye leads to a shinning life. A bad eye will lead to a life of darkness....
ΈΜΒΛΈΨΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΜΒΛΈΠΩ (G1689) посмотреть, задуматься, ΣΠΕΊΡΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΠΕΊΡΩ (G4687) сеять семена, ΘΕΡΊΖΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΡΊΖΩ (G2325) жать, ΣΥΝΆΓΟΥΣΙ...
DISCOURSE: 1324 AGAINST CAREFULNESS Matthew 6:25. 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 no...
E. THE WEALTH AND WORRIES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:19-34) TEXT 6:19-34 1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD EARTHLY TREASURES. (6:19-21) 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth. where m...
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR - in...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR. — Better, _birds._ As the words were spoken we may venture to think of them as accompanied by the gesture which directed attention to the turtle-doves, the wood-pigeons, a...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
ἐμβλέψατε εἰς, fix your eyes on, so as to take a good look at (Mark 10:21; Mark 14:67). τὰ πετεινὰ τ. ου., the birds whose element is the air; look, not to admire their free, careless movements on the...
_Counsels against care_. More suitable to the circumstances of the disciples than those against amassing treasures. “Why speak of treasures to us who are not even sure of the necessaries of life? It i...
_Counsels against covetousness and care_ (reproduced in Luke 12:22-34, with exception of Matthew 6:22-23, which reappear in Luke 11:34-36). An interpolation, according to Weiss. Doubtless, if the Serm...
WHAT TO SEEK AND WHOM TO SERVE Matthew 6:19-26 What is in our inner life which answers to the eye of the body? Some have said that it is the intellect; others the heart. But it is truer to say that...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
Behold the fowls of the (k) air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? (k) Of the air, or that line i...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Who can add to the beauties, as well as doctrines of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE LAW OF PROPORTION_ ‘Is not the life more than meat?’ Matthew 6:25 I. A LAW OF PROPORTION.—It is necessary that there should be the _ distinction of greater and less_ in the business of life. I...
26._Look at the fowls of the air _This is the remedy I spoke of, for teaching us to rely on the providence of God: for of all cares, which go beyond bounds, unbelief is the mother. The only cure for c...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR,.... Not such as are brought up in houses, but which fly abroad in the air, wild; and are not supported by their own, or any human care, but by the care of God: Luke 12:24...
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Ver. 26. _Behold (or cast your eye...
_Therefore I say, Take no thought_, &c. Our Lord here proceeds to caution his disciples against worldly _cares_, these being as inconsistent with the true service of God as worldly _desires._ But the...
BETTER; more valuable....
A further consideration for those of little faith: BEHOLD THE FOWLS OF THE AIR; FOR THEY SOW NOT, NEITHER DO THEY REAP, NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDETH THEM. ARE YE NOT MUCH BE...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
25-34 There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as...
God takes care of all his creatures. For example, consider THE FOWLS, and those not the tame fowls about your houses, but the fowls of the air, for whom the housewife's hand doth not provide, neither...
Tertullian To His Wife Book I who, without any labour on their part, feeds the fowls of the heaven;[45] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "Beh...
Matthew 6:26 Look G1689 (G5657) at G1519 birds G4071 air G3772 for G3754 neither G3756 sow G4687 ...
a “Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, b What you shall eat, or what you shall drink, b Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. b Is not the life more than the food, and...
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The _external connection_ seems to be between ‘they have received their reward,' which closes each of the foregoing examples of false piety, and ‘lay not up for yourselves tre...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 6:26. BEHOLD, look attentively. THE BIRDS OF THE HEAVEN, the sky, the atmospheric heaven. This expresses the wild freedom above the earth which contains their food, and also their lower rank...
Matthew 6:25 In Matthew 6:25 we have an argument against giving place to the cares of this world, on the ground that they are unworthy of an immortal being like man; and also an illustration pointedl...
Matthew 6:26 , MATTHEW 6:28 Consider the Lilies of the Field. I. What has this text to do with Easter Day? Let us think a while. Life and death; the battle between life and death; life conquered by d...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
LOOK AT THE BIRDS. God feeds the birds without their growing any crops. They fulfill their mission, and God feeds them. We must fulfill our mission in life. God will make a way for us, too....
OUR SISTERS THE BIRDS Behold the birds of the heaven. Matthew 6:26. You have heard how St. Francis of Assisi left his home and his friends and all his possessions and set out to be a missionary. To...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:25. THEREFORE.—Denoting a connection between the service of mammon and “taking thought.” TAKE NO THOUGHT.—_Be not anxious_ (R.V.). Life.—The Greek word is the same as that...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
Genesis 1:29; Job 35:11; Job 38:41; Luke 12:24; Luke 12:32;...
FIRST THINGS FIRST Matthew 6:24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS What God puts first, we may not put second. There are some things that have our first thought, our first consideration. There are some other things...