Matthew 6:31 (GNV)

Passage

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:29 Yet I say vnto you, that euen Salomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.

Matthew 6:30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?

Matthew 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:32 (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

Matthew 6:33 But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "take", "thought", "saying", "shall", "eate", and "drinke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "take", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse..." into verse 32's "For after all these things seeke the...", so "therefore" and "take" 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 "therefore" and "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.