²⁷ ·You cannot [^LWho of you can…?] add ·any time [or one step; ^Lone cubit; ^Cabout eighteen inches] to your ·life [or height; ^Cthe Greek probably refers to time instead of stature] by worrying about it.

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? ·Look at [Consider; Think] how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t ·work [toil] or ·make clothes for themselves [^Lspin thread]. ²⁹ But I tell you that even Solomon ·with his riches [^Lin all his glory] was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers.