Matthew 6:33 (BSB)
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
From Matthew 6. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Matthew 6:33
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 6:33: Matthew 6:33. But rather seek first the kingdom of God This is another argument for restraining excessive anxiety about food. It argues a gross and indolent neglect of the soul, and of the heavenly life. Christ reminds us that there is the greatest inconsistency in men, who are born to a better life, being wholly employed about earthly objects.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 6:25-34: There is scarcely any one sin against which our Lord Jesus more largely and earnestly warns his disciples, or against which he arms them with more variety of arguments, than the sin of disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of life, which are a bad sign that both the treasure and the heart are on the earth; and therefore he thus largely insists upon it. Here is, I.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 6:33: Take therefore no thought for the morrow,.... Reference is had to Pro 27:1. "Boast not of thyself tomorrow": a man cannot promise or assure himself, that he shall have a morrow, and therefore it is great weakness and folly to be anxiously thoughtful about it.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 6:33: Verse 33. (o) "seek ye first" (p) "shall be added"