Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Matthew 6:30 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 30. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
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Quick Meaning
Argues from God's clothing of temporary grass toward care for little-faith disciples.
Read It With
- Matthew 6:25–6:34
Read Matthew 6:30 with 6:25–6:34. In isolation, this verse's contribution—argues from God's clothing of temporary grass toward care for little-faith disciples—can be detached from its speaker, audience, narrative or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus points to birds, growth, flowers, and the Father's knowledge, directing disciples to seek God's kingdom and righteousness one day at a time.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Argues from God's clothing of temporary grass toward care for little-faith disciples. This precise contribution belongs inside “Trust resists consuming anxiety about provision” because Jesus points to birds, growth, flowers, and the Father's knowledge, directing disciples to seek God's kingdom and righteousness one day at a time.
What Remains True
Jesus points to birds, growth, flowers, and the Father's knowledge, directing disciples to seek God's kingdom and righteousness one day at a time. Matthew 6:30's proportionate contribution is this: Argues from God's clothing of temporary grass toward care for little-faith disciples.
How It Can Shape Life
- Matthew 6:30 contributes this specific claim: Argues from God's clothing of temporary grass toward care for little-faith disciples. Support an anxious person with practical provision, qualified mental-health care, and nonshaming companionship rather than treating the passage as an order to stop having symptoms.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Matthew 6:25–6:34 — Trust resists consuming anxiety about provisionSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 6:25–6:34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 6:25–6:34
Open the Matthew Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for the expressions actually discussed in this thought unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data TAGNT rows for Matthew 6:25–6:34
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Matthew with Translators' and Textual Notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, historical, Jewish-background, and Synoptic notes for this unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Matthew PDF, printed pp. 1808-1867, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 6:25–6:34
Open source ↗