²⁶ ·Look at [Consider; Think of] the birds in the air. They don’t ·plant [sow] or ·harvest [reap] or ·store food in [gather into] barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And ·you know that you are [^Laren’t you…?] worth much more than the birds. 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].