Matthew 6:25

Jesus tells His followers to stop letting anxiety rule them, because life itself is worth more than the food and clothing we fret over. The word "therefore" links this command to the previous verse: since no one can serve both God and wealth, the heart must be freed from the fear that drives us to hoard and worry. The phrase "take no thought" in older English means anxious, divided care, not wise planning. Jesus is not forbidding work or foresight; He is forbidding the corrosive worry that treats food and raiment as the whole point of existence. His question -- "Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" -- reframes the whole problem. The One who gave us life and a body can surely be trusted with the lesser matters of feeding and clothing them. To carry needless dread about tomorrow's provisions is to forget who made and sustains us. This verse opens a paragraph that grounds peace not in our resources but in a Father who already knows what we need.