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27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (A)span of life?[a] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

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  1. Matthew 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimetres

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?(A)

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

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  1. Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

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31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

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34 (A)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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19 (A)When (B)they deliver you over, (C)do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for (D)what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

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19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(A) At that time you will be given what to say,

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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

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22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth(A) choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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32 I want you to be (A)free from anxieties. (B)The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

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32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(A)—how he can please the Lord.

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(A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)

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(A)casting all your anxieties on him, because (B)he cares for you.

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Cast all your anxiety on him(A) because he cares for you.(B)

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