For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.
"Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Your judgments are like a great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
The young lions roar after their prey
And seek their food from God.
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?
He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens which cry.