Matthew 6:26 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?
LSV Literal Standard Version
Look to the birds of the sky, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father nourishes them; are you not much better than they?
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Look at the birds in the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they are?
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Beholde the foules of the ayer: for they sowe not nether reepe nor yet cary into the barnes: and yet youre hevely father fedeth the. Are ye not moche better the they?
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?
FBV Free Bible Version
Look at the birds—they don't sow or reap or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they are?
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Mirad las aves del cielo, que no siembran, ni siegan, ni allegan en troxes; y vuestro Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿Pues no sois vosotros mucho mas que ellas?
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Mirad las aves del cielo, que no siembran, ni siegan, ni allegan en alfolíes; y vuestro Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No sois vosotros mucho mejores que ellas?
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Fíjense en los pájaros, que no siembran ni cosechan ni andan guardando comida, y el Padre celestial los alimenta. ¡Para él ustedes valen más que cualquier ave!
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Miren las aves del cielo, las cuales no siembran, ni cosechan, ni recogen en graneros, pero el Padre celestial de ustedes las alimenta. ¿No valen ustedes mucho más que ellas?
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Miren las aves—ellas no siembran ni cosechan, ni guardan alimento en los graneros, porque el Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No son ustedes más que las aves?
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Miren las aves del cielo: no siembran, no cosechan ni guardan en graneros, y sin embargo su Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No valen ustedes mucho más que ellas?
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εμβλεψατε εις τα πετεινα του ουρανου, οτι ου σπειρουσιν ουδε θεριζουσιν ουδε συναγουσιν εις αποθηκας, και ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιος τρεφει αυτα· ουχ υμεις μαλλον διαφερετε αυτων;
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν, οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν, οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εμβλεψατε εισ τα πετεινα του ουρανου οτι ου σπειρουσιν ουδε θεριζουσιν ουδε συναγουσιν εισ αποθηκασ και ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιοσ τρεφει αυτα ουχ υμεισ μαλλον διαφερετε αυτων
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Respicite volatilia cæli, quoniam non serunt, neque metunt, neque congregant in horrea: et Pater vester cælestis pascit illa. Nonne vos magis pluris estis illis?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Воззри́те на пти̑цы небє́сныѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ не сѣ́ютъ, ни жнꙋ́тъ, ни собира́ютъ въ жи̑тницы, и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ъ ва́шъ нбⷭ҇ный пита́етъ и҆̀хъ. Не вы́ ли па́че лꙋ́чши и҆́хъ є҆стѐ;
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Взгляните на птиц небесных: они ни сеют, ни жнут, ни собирают в житницы; и Отец ваш Небесный питает их. Вы не гораздо ли лучше их?
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εμβλέψατε εις τα πετεινά του ουρανού, ότι δεν σπείρουσιν ουδέ θερίζουσιν ουδέ συνάγουσιν εις αποθήκας, και ο Πατήρ σας ο ουράνιος τρέφει αυτά· σεις δεν είσθε πολύ ανώτεροι αυτών;
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Погледајте на птице небеске како не сеју, нити жњу, ни сабирају у житнице; па Отац ваш небески храни их. Нисте ли ви много претежнији од њих?
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Pogledajte na ptice nebeske kako ne seju, niti žnju, ni sabiraju u žitnice; pa Otac vaš nebeski hrani ih. Niste li vi mnogo pretežniji od njih?
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
اُنْظُرُوا إِلَى طُيُورِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ: إِنَّهَا لَا تَزْرَعُ وَلَا تَحْصُدُ وَلَا تَجْمَعُ إِلَى مَخَازِنَ، وَأَبُوكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيُّ يَقُوتُهَا. أَلَسْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهَا؟
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC