Matthew 6:28 (LSB)

Passage

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

Matthew 6:27 And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his life span?

Matthew 6:28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Matthew 6:29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Matthew 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "worried", "clothing", "observe", "lilies", "field", "grow", "toil", and "spin". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "worried" and "clothing", 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 worrying can..." into verse 29's "yet I say to you that not...", so "worried" and "clothing" 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 "worried" and "clothing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.