“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?”
Matthew 6:31 — Greek Interlinear
Church Fathers on Matthew 6:31
Having thus expressly cut off all anxiety concerning food and raiment, by an argument drawn from observation of the inferior creation, He follows it up by a further prohibition; 'Be not ye therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat, what shall we drink, or wherewithal shall we be clothed?'
The Lord repeated this, that He might shew how highly necessary this precept is, and that He might inculcate it more strongly on our hearts.
It should be observed that He does not say, Do not ye seek, or be thoughtful for, food drink, and raiment, but 'what ye shall eat, what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed.' Wherein they seem to me to be convicted, who, using themselves the usual food and clothing, require of those with whom they live either greater sumptuousness, or greater austerity in both.