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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
- BSB Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- Heb 13:5–6Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Luke 11:3Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Lam 3:23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- 1 Kgs 17:14–16For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
- Matt 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
- 1 Kgs 17:4–6And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
- 1 Th 3:3–4That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
- Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
- 2 Kgs 7:1–2Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
- Exod 16:18–20And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
- Deut 33:25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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