Matthew 6:28 (DRB)

Passage

And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:27 And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?

Matthew 6:28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.

Matthew 6:29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

Matthew 6:30 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?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "raiment", "solicitous", "consider", "lilies", "field", "grow", "labour", and "neither". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "raiment" and "solicitous", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And which of you by taking thought..." into verse 29's "But I say to you that not...", so "raiment" and "solicitous" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "raiment" and "solicitous" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.