# Matthew 6.34

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.</span>** (Matthew 6:32-34, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.</span>** (Matthew 6:32-34, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span>** (Matthew 6:32-34, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 32. <span class="rl-speech">for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.</span>
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> **34. <span class="rl-speech">Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day [is] the evil of it.</span>** (Matthew 6:32-34, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** Matthew (traditionally) the tax-collector-apostle / narrator + Jesus's direct teaching
- **Audience:** Jewish-Christian audience (heavy OT-fulfillment emphasis)
- **Location:** first-century Palestine (events); possibly Antioch (composition)
- **Time period:** events c. 4 BC, AD 30/33; composed c. AD 60-80

## Theological reading

## Key words

_No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 6](/codex/matthew-6/)
- [Sermon on the Mount](/codex/sermon-on-the-mount/), via [Matthew 6](/codex/matthew-6/), [Matthew 6.19-34](/codex/matthew-6-19-34/)
- [Spirit of Anxiety](/codex/spirit-of-anxiety/)

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