Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
- KJV Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- NKJV Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
- NASB “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
- NLT “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
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Quick answer
Don't be anxious about tomorrow; today has enough concerns of its own. Trust God one day at a time rather than borrowing future troubles.
Overview
Jesus concludes his teaching on anxiety with a call to live in dependence day by day, leaving tomorrow in God's hands. Worry about the future only multiplies today's burdens and doubts God's ongoing provision. The verse echoes the prayer for 'daily bread,' training disciples in a humble, trusting reliance on the Father for each day.
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- Matt 6:25Therefore 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?
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Heb 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
- Lam 3:23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
- 1 Kgs 17:14–16for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
- Matt 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
- 1 Kgs 17:4–6And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
- 1 Th 3:3–4so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- 2 Kgs 7:1–2Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
- Exod 16:18–20When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
- Deut 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
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