21 lines
978 B
Markdown
21 lines
978 B
Markdown
Jesus continues to teach his disciples.
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## lilies ##
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Lilies are beautiful flowers that grow wild in the fields. If your language does not have a word for lily, you can use the name of another flower like that or translate it as "flowers."
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## neither do they spin ##
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"neither do they make thread in order to make cloth" or "and they do not make yarn"
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## Solomon in all his glory ##
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"Solomon who had great wealth" or "Solomon who wore beautiful clothes"
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## if God so clothes the grass in the field ##
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"If God clothes the grass in the field like that" or "If God gives the grass in the field such beautiful clothing." "Clothes the grass" is a metaphor for "makes the grass beautiful." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## How much more will he clothe you ##
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This is an exclamation emphasizing that he will certainly take care of people even better than he does the grass. (See the section on Sentence Types in [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-sentences]].) |