852 B
852 B
Jesus continues to teach his disciples. This event began in Matthew 5:1. Jesus is talking to a group of people about what might happen to them as individuals. The instances of “you” and “your” are all plural.
is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Food and clothing are not the most important things in life. This rhetorical question means "your life is more than what you eat and what you wear." Alternative translation: "life is more than food, is it not? And the body is more than clothes, is it not?" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion.)
barns
places to store crops
Are not you of much more value than they
This rhetorical question means "You are much more valuable than the birds." Alternative translation: "You are much more valuable than the birds, are you not?"