Matthew 6:34
The last line of a ten-verse argument about worry.
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
What’s happening here
From verse 25 Jesus has been making a case: look at the birds, who don’t farm and are fed; look at the lilies, who don’t weave and are clothed; you are worth more than either. He names the things people worry about, food, drink, clothing, and says the Father already knows you need them. Verse 33 gives the alternative: seek the kingdom first. Then 34 lands the point. Don’t borrow tomorrow’s trouble. Tomorrow will have its own, and there will be provision for it then. The verse doesn’t deny that hard things are coming. It refuses to pay for them twice.
How it gets misread
Reduced to “don’t worry, be happy.” Jesus assumes trouble; his instruction is about which day’s trouble you carry.
How to use it
For chronic worriers, this is the verse, and the whole passage from verse 25 should be read slowly. The birds and lilies are the argument; verse 34 alone is only the conclusion.
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