27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: …
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. …
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. …
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-40)Our Lord Jesus is here inculcating some needful useful lessons upon his disciples, which he had before taught them, and had occasion afterwards to press upon them; for they need to have precept upon precept, and line upon line: “Therefore , because there are so many that are ruined by covetousness, and an inordinate affection to the wealth of this world, I say unto you , my disciples, take heed of…
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