Mat 06:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Mat 06:26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Mat 06:27 And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?
Mat 06:28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin;
Mat 06:29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Mat 06:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?
Mat 06:31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mat 06:32 For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Mat 06:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.
| 3361 [e] mē μὴ not Adv |
| 3309 [e] merimnate μεριμνᾶτε be anxious about V-PMA-2P |
| 3588 [e] tē τῇ the Art-DFS |
| 5590 [e] psychē ψυχῇ life N-DFS |
| 2212 [e] 33 zēteite 33 ζητεῖτε 33 seek 33 V-PMA-2P |
| 1161 [e] de δὲ however Conj |
| 4412 [e] prōton πρῶτον first Adv-S |
| 1689 [e] 26 emblepsate 26 ἐμβλέψατε 26 Look 26 V-AMA-2P |
| 1519 [e] eis εἰς at Prep |
| 3588 [e] ta τὰ the Art-ANP |
| 4071 [e] peteina πετεινὰ birds N-ANP |
1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure: Romans 1:29; Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; Titus 3:3; James 1:21; 1 Peter 2:1.
2. wickedness, depravity: 1 Corinthians 5:8 (cf. Winer‘s Grammar, 120 (114)); ; Acts 8:22 (cf. ); wickedness that is not ashamed to break the laws, 1 Peter 2:16.
3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Matthew 6:34 (as Amos 3:6; (1 Samuel 6:9); Ecclesiastes 7:15 (); ; Sir. 19:6; 1 Macc. 7:23, etc.). [SYNONYMS:κακία, πονηρία: associated Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:8. According to Trench, Synonyms, § xi., endorsed by Ellicott (on Ephesians 4:31) and Lightfoot (on Colossians 3:8), κακία denotes rather the vicious disposition, πονηρία the active exercise of the same;
S.O.W. QUESTIONS
S. What does it say?
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O. What does it say that I need to obey?
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W. Who needs to hear this? Generally? Specifically?
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DISCERNMENT QUESTIONS
What gets your attention?
What human needs or problems relate to the text?
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What is it like to have that problem?
What other resources connect to this idea?
What is the solution suggested in the text, if there is one?
What would a camera see if the solution was implemented in my life, in my family’s life, or in my church or community?
What are the steps that I would take on Monday to implement that solution?
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CONTEXTUALIZING QUESTIONS
What does this say to my context as a …
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… follower of Jesus?
… to a church?
… to a community – my neighbors?
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RESOURCES
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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