Matthew 6:33 (YLT)

Passage

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Nearby Context

Matthew 6:31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Matthew 6:32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

Matthew 6:33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Matthew 6:34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seek", "first", "reign", "righteousness", "shall", and "added". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seek" and "first", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "for all these do the nations seek..." into verse 34's "Be not therefore anxious for the morrow...", so "seek" and "first" 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 "seek" and "first" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.