Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Matthew 6:34
For the morrow
(εις τεν αυριον). The last resort of the anxious soul when all other fears are allayed. The ghost of tomorrow stalks out with all its hobgoblins of doubt and distrust.
For the morrow
(εις τεν αυριον). The last resort of the anxious soul when all other fears are allayed. The ghost of tomorrow stalks out with all its hobgoblins of doubt and distrust.
Verse Matthew 6:34. _TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT_] That is, _Be not therefore_ _anxiously careful_. The _eighth_ and last reason, against this preposterous conduct, is - that _carking care_ is not onl...
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT ... - That is, no anxiety. Commit your way to God. The evil, the trouble, the anxiety of each day as it comes, is sufficient without perplexing the mind with restless cares a...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Better Righteousness.(Matthew 6:1 .) 2. Kept in the World; Single-eyed; Trusting God.(Matthew 6:19 .)_ Our Lord said: “For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpass th...
TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN RELATION TO WEALTH. The Sermon here passes from the shortcomings of the Scribes and Pharisees. There are scattered parallels to this section in Lk. MATTHEW 6:19. TREASURE (Luke...
TAKE, THEREFORE, NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW. Again it should read, as in the Revision, "Have no anxiety about to-morrow." The "therefore" refers to the reasons given before for freedom from anxiety. Th...
I tell you, therefore, do not worry about your life, about what you are to eat, or what you are to drink; and do not worry about your body, about what you are to wear. Is not your life more than food,...
THE REWARD MOTIVE IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Matthew 6:1-18) When we study the opening verses of Matthew 6:1-34, we are immediately confronted with one most important question-- What is the place of the...
SHALL. Hebraism. is sure to, will certainly. THE THINGS OF. All the critical texts omit these words. SUFFICIENT, &C. This verse is not "omitted by Luke"; but it was not included by the Lord when rep...
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the "Rich Fool....
_the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself_ The morrow shall have its own anxieties; sufficient for the day is its own distracting evil or distress. This seems to be the force of the Gree...
The parallel passage (Luke 12:22-31) follows immediately the parable of the Rich Fool....
ΜῊ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΜΕΡΙΜΝΉΣΗΤΕ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΑΥ̓́ΡΙΟΝ. Lightfoot, _Hor. Hebr._, quotes a Rabbinical saying in illustration: ‘there is enough of trouble in the very moment.’ Ἡ ΚΑΚΊΑ. Here in the unclassical sense of...
VER 34. "TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW: FOR THE MORROW SHALL TAKE THOUGHT FOR THE THINGS OF ITSELF. SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF." Gloss., ap. Anselm: Having forbid anxiety...
_THE ACTIONS OF SHINNING, SERVING AND LIVING MATTHEW 6:22-34:_ God's desire is for our "whole body to be full of light." A good eye leads to a shinning life. A bad eye will lead to a life of darkness....
ΜΕΡΙΜΝΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act., см._ Matthew 6:31. ΓΆΡ (G1063) поскольку; указывает на причину повеления (Richard A. Edwards, "Narrative Implications of Gar in Matthew" CBQ 52 [1990]: 636-55). ΜΕΡΙΜΝΉ...
DISCOURSE: 1324 AGAINST CAREFULNESS Matthew 6:25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is no...
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT; &C.— "Since the extent and efficacy of Divine Providence are so great, and since you are the objects of its peculiar care, you need not vex yourselves about futurity;" _for...
E. THE WEALTH AND WORRIES OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 6:19-34) TEXT 6:19-34 1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD EARTHLY TREASURES. (6:19-21) 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth. where m...
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT ('ANXIOUS CARE') FOR TH...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
TAKE NO THOUGHT] RV 'Be not anxious.' Our Lord regarded cheerfulness and joy, and the absence of care and anxiety, as the mark of a true Christian who puts his trust in God. Similarly the rabbis said,...
THE CHRISTIAN'S FREEDOM FROM CARE AND ANXIETY (Luke 12:22). The worldly man is oppressed with care. He is always in fear that his deep-laid plans for the future will miscarry, that some object that he...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expecting no reward of any kind, but that we are to look fo...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 THE RIGHT WAY TO GIVE GIFTS 6:1-4 V1 ‘Be careful not to show how good you are in front of other people. Do not do your good works...
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW. — No precept of divine wisdom has found so many echoes in the wisdom of the world. Epicurean self-indulgence, Stoic apathy, practical common-sense, have all p...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_Final exhortation against care_. Not in Luke's parallel section, therefore regarded by Weiss as a reflection appended by the evangelist, not drawn from apostolic doctrine. But it very fitly winds up...
_Counsels against care_. More suitable to the circumstances of the disciples than those against amassing treasures. “Why speak of treasures to us who are not even sure of the necessaries of life? It i...
_Counsels against covetousness and care_ (reproduced in Luke 12:22-34, with exception of Matthew 6:22-23, which reappear in Luke 11:34-36). An interpolation, according to Weiss. Doubtless, if the Serm...
THE CURE FOR ANXIOUS CARE Matthew 6:27-34 The Lord's tone is gentle and tender when He turns to address the poor. He says three times over, “Don't be anxious.” He never forgot that He sprang, accordi...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great editors and critics" (Morrison). This is a statemen...
The morrow will bring with it cares enough, to occupy you in providing what will then be necessary for you. Christ does not prohibit all care about temporal concerns, but only what hinders us from see...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Who can add to the beauties, as well as doctrines of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENCE OF GOD_ ‘Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.’ Matthew 6:34 The message which this section brings to us seems to be just this: the life of the Christian is to be o...
_ONE DAY AT A TIME_ ‘Take therefore no thought for the morrow.’ Matthew 6:34 The Revised Version has it, ‘Be not anxious for the morrow’; but, even so, this is one of the words of the Lord which ab...
_THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God.’ Matthew 6:33 These are words of the kind with which we find it hard to deal sincerely; too true to be denied, too high to be prac...
This discourse gives the principles of the kingdom, but supposes the rejection of the King, and the position into which this would bring those that were His; who consequently must look for a heavenly...
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW,.... Reference is had to Proverbs 27:1. "Boast not of thyself tomorrow": a man cannot promise or assure himself, that he shall have a morrow, and therefore it...
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day _is_ the evil thereof. Ver. 34. _Take therefore no thought for the morrow...
_Take therefore no thought for the morrow_ That is, for futurity, according to the Hebrew idiom, as the word is used, Genesis 30:33. Since the extent and efficacy of the divine providence is so great,...
SHALL TAKE THOUGHT; the future will bring its supply....
TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW; FOR THE MORROW SHALL TAKE THOUGHT FOR THE THINGS OF ITSELF. SUFFICIENT UNTO THE DAY IS THE EVIL THEREOF. Each day brings its own evil, for it is an evil world...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we expect the Father to reward what we do merely to impr...
25-34 There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life. This often insnares the poor as...
No such thoughts as before mentioned, for God will provide for you tomorrow when tomorrow cometh. Besides, every new day will bring forth some new cares; you know not what tomorrow will bring forth, n...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I Wherefore also in what follows He says: "Take no anxious thought for the morrow; sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."[36] Clement of Alexandria T...
Matthew 6:34 Therefore G3767 not G3361 worry G3309 (G5661) about G1519 tomorrow G839 for G1063 tomorrow G839 worry...
a Do not therefore be anxious for the morrow, b For the morrow will be anxious for itself. a Sufficient to the day is its evil.” Jesus then finishes this passage with a pithy saying. Compare Matthew...
Matthew 6:34. THEREFORE. Either: a further deduction; or a summing up. The first view accords better with the reason given and would presuppose the other lessons; the latter is favored by the position...
Matthew 6:32. BUT SEEK YE FIRST. No ‘secondly' is implied, as though we might be avaricious, after we have attended to the duties of religion. The first object is supreme. This positive command is nee...
CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The _external connection_ seems to be between ‘they have received their reward,' which closes each of the foregoing examples of false piety, and ‘lay not up for yourselves tre...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 6:34 I. In considering this text the question naturally arises, Is not the Christian character essentially a provident one? Is it not the very nature of the new life which is within us, that,...
Matthew 6:25 In Matthew 6:25 we have an argument against giving place to the cares of this world, on the ground that they are unworthy of an immortal being like man; and also an illustration pointedl...
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men._ We oug...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Formalism condemned. The new revelation of prayer (disciples prayer). The law of riches. Cure of anxiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: True relationsh...
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men._ It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had righteousness. Chrysostom in one place has righteous...
SO DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW. Do not make the mistake of worrying yourself sick about what might happen. There is NO NEED TO ADD. Solving the problems of today will keep you busy. You really don't n...
CHAPTER 6 _Take heed_. &c. Instead of _alms_, some Greek Codices read _δικαιοσύνην, righteousness_, or _justice._ This is the reading of the Syriac and the Latin Vulgate. The Complutensian, Royal, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 6:25. THEREFORE.—Denoting a connection between the service of mammon and “taking thought.” TAKE NO THOUGHT.—_Be not anxious_ (R.V.). Life.—The Greek word is the same as that...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 6:1 _The_ _relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day _(_continued_);_ vide _Matthew 5:17, note. (_b_) Our Lord turns from cases which could be directly dedu...
Tonight let's take a look at Matthew, chapter six. We are in the section of the book of Matthew that is commonly called the Sermon on the Mount because it was delivered to the disciples of Jesus on th...
1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 17:4; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:4;...
The morrow shall take thought for itself — That is, he careful for the morrow when it comes. The evil thereof — Speaking after the manner of men. But all trouble is, upon the whole, a real good. It is...
Here our Saviour re-inforces his exhortation from solicitous care for worldly things, assuring us, that every day will bring with it. sufficient burden of trouble, and therefore we ought not to tormen...