Matthew 6:28 (WEB)

Passage

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Matthew 6:27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

Matthew 6:28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

Matthew 6:29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

Matthew 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Which of you by being anxious can..." into verse 29's "yet I tell you that even Solomon...", so "anxious" 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 "anxious" and "clothing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.