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Answer. In Matthew 6:25–34, part of the great Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks to His followers about trusting their heavenly Father’s provision. Jesus has just spoken on the necessity for kingdom servants to offer their total devotion to God, their Master (Matthew 6:19–24).
Here in Matthew 6:25-34, Christ commands his disciples to not worry about their needs—what they will eat, drink, or wear. Previously, in Matthew 6:19-24, Christ taught the disciples to not store up treasures on earth.
What does Matthew 6:25 mean? As most of the modern world would define it, most of the people hearing Jesus' Sermon on the Mount were "poor." Most people in that era lived from day to day.
A. Prohibition against Worry Over Having Enough to Live. “ For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on.
In Matthew 6:34, Jesus expands His lesson, challenging the disciples specifically not to worry about concerns that may crop up in the future. He had just taught the disciple to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:11).
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Watch a short animated video that explains what Jesus means in Matthew 6:25-34 when he says not to worry, and discover the solution he offers.