And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;

with toil and hardship, often in sleepless nights, with hunger and thirst, often going hungry, in cold and poorly clothed.

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,