Matthew 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ¹  about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Matthew 13:52

13:52 Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law ²  who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

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¹ tn Or “do not be anxious,” and so throughout the rest of this paragraph.

² tn Or “every scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4. It is possible that the term translated “expert in the law” (traditionally, “scribe”) here is a self-description used by the author, Matthew, to represent his role in conveying the traditions about Jesus to his intended audience. See David E. Orton, The Understanding Scribe [JSNTSup].