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THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.
unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man
brought forth plentifully : and he thought within him-
self, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room
where to bestow my fruits ? And he said, This will I do ::
I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there
will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say
to my soul, Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many
years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But
God said unto him,Thou fool! this night thy soul shall
be required of thee : then whose shall those things be,,
which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And
he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat ; nei-
ther for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is
more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens : for they neither sow nor reap ;:
which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feed-
eth them. How much more are ye better than the
fowls ? And which of you with taking thought can add
to his stature one cubit ? If ye then be not able to do
that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the
rest ? Consider the lilies, how they grow : they toil not,
they spin not ; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If
then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field,*
and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more
will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye
of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations
of the world seek after : and your Father knoweth that
ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye»the
unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man
brought forth plentifully : and he thought within him-
self, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room
where to bestow my fruits ? And he said, This will I do ::
I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there
will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say
to my soul, Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many
years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But
God said unto him,Thou fool! this night thy soul shall
be required of thee : then whose shall those things be,,
which thou hast provided ? So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. And
he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat ; nei-
ther for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is
more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens : for they neither sow nor reap ;:
which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feed-
eth them. How much more are ye better than the
fowls ? And which of you with taking thought can add
to his stature one cubit ? If ye then be not able to do
that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the
rest ? Consider the lilies, how they grow : they toil not,
they spin not ; and yet I say unto you, That Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If
then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field,*
and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more
will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye
of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations
of the world seek after : and your Father knoweth that
ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye»the