Bits of Torah Truths – #Torah Concept in the NT: Take No Anxious Thought for Necessities of Life – Episode 736
Matthew 6:25
״לָכֵן אוֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם׃ אַל תִּדְאֲגוּ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם –– מַה תֹּאכְלוּ אוֹ מַה תִּשְׁתּוּ, וּלְגוּפְכֶם –– מַה תִּלְבְּשׁוּ. הֲלֹא הַנֶּפֶשׁ חֲשׁוּבָה מִן הַמָּזוֹן, וְהַגּוּף חָשׁוּב מִן הַלְּבוּשׁ.
Matthew 6:31
6:31 לָכֵן אַל תִּדְאֲגוּ לֵאמֹר׃ מַה נֹּאכַל? מַה נִּשְׁתֶּה? וּמַה נִּלְבַּשׁ? Luke 12:22–30 12:22 אָמַר לְתַלְמִידָיו׃ ״לָכֵן אוֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם׃ אַל תִּדְאֲגוּ לְנַפְשְׁכֶם מַה תֹּאכְלוּ; וּלְגוּפְכֶם –– מַה תִּלְבְּשׁוּ.12:23 הֲלֹא הַנֶּפֶשׁ חֲשׁוּבָה מִן הַמָּזוֹן, וְהַגּוּף חָשׁוּב מִן הַלְּבוּשׁ.12:24 הִתְבּוֹנְנוּ אֶל הָעוֹרְבִים׃ אֵינָם זוֹרְעִים וְאֵינָם קוֹצְרִים. גַּם אָסָם אוֹ מַחְסָן אֵין לָהֶם, וֵאלֹהִים מְכַלְכֵּל אוֹתָם. עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה חֲשׁוּבִים אַתֶּם מִן הַצִּפֳּרִים!12:25 וּמִי מִכֶּם בְּדַאֲגָתוֹ יָכוֹל לְהוֹסִיף טֶפַח עַל שְׁנוֹת חַיָּיו?12:26 וְכֵיוָן שֶׁאֵינְכֶם יְכוֹלִים לַעֲשׂוֹת דְּבָרִים פְּעוּטִים, לָמָּה תִּדְאֲגוּ לִשְׁאָר הַדְּבָרִים?12:27 הִתְבּוֹנְנוּ אֶל הַשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים, אֵיךְ הֵם גְּדֵלִים; אֵינָם טוֹוִים אַף אֵינָם אוֹרְגִים. אַךְ אוֹמֵר אֲנִי לָכֶם, גַּם שְׁלֹמֹה בְּכָל הֲדָרוֹ לֹא הָיָה לָבוּשׁ כְּאֶחָד מֵהֶם.12:28 וְאִם כָּכָה מַלְבִּישׁ אֱלֹהִים אֶת חֲצִיר הַשָּׂדֶה, אֲשֶׁר הַיּוֹם יֶשְׁנוֹ וּמָחָר יֻשְׁלַךְ לְתוֹךְ הַתַּנּוּר, עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה אֶתְכֶם, קְטַנֵּי אֱמוּנָה!12:29 גַּם אַתֶּם, אַל תִּהְיוּ שׁוֹאֲלִים מַה תֹּאכְלוּ וּמַה תִּשְׁתּוּ, וְאַל תִּהְיוּ דּוֹאֲגִים.12:30 כִּי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם מְבַקְשִׁים אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, וְאַתֶּם, אֲבִיכֶם יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאַתֶּם צְרִיכִים לָהֶם.
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Matthew 6:25
6:25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? (NASB)
Matthew 6:31 6
:31 “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ (NASB)
Luke 12:22–30
12:22 And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. … (NASB)
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Yeshua’s command not to worry about food, drink, or clothing (Matthew 6:25, 31; Luke 12:22-30) echoes the Torah’s foundational theme that God Himself provides for His people’s daily needs. The Torah repeatedly teaches Israel to trust divine provision rather than anxiously striving through self‑reliance.
– Torah Parallels not to worry about food, drink, or clothing –
- God Provides Daily Bread, Exodus 16:4, 13–18, 16:19–20. Yeshua’s teaching mirrors the manna principle: trust God for today; do not fear tomorrow.
- God Provides Water and Sustenance, Exodus 17:1–7; Numbers 20:2–11. The Torah repeatedly shows God meeting basic needs even when circumstances appear impossible.
- Clothing and Physical Needs Sustained by God, Deuteronomy 8:4; 29:5. Yeshua’s reference to clothing echoes this Torah theme of supernatural preservation.
- Trust in God as the Source of Provision, Deuteronomy 8:2–3, 11:10–15. The Torah frames provision as God’s responsibility, not man’s anxious toil.
- Anxiety as Forgetting God’s Care, Deuteronomy 6:10–12, 32:10–14. Anxiety is treated as a form of forgetfulness of God’s past faithfulness.
– Context Synthesis –
Yeshua’s teaching is not a new spiritual ideal but a direct continuation of the Torah’s wilderness theology: God provides daily bread, water, clothing, and protection, and His people are called to trust rather than fear. The Torah trains Israel to reject anxious self‑reliance and instead live in a posture of dependence on God’s ongoing care. Yeshua re‑articulates this same covenantal principle for His disciples, grounding it in the Father’s character and the observable patterns of creation.
– Core Insight –
The Torah establishes a rhythm of trust in God’s provision, teaching Israel that anxiety over basic needs is unnecessary when God Himself sustains His people. Yeshua’s command to “take no anxious thought” is a renewal of this Torah pattern: daily trust, daily dependence, and daily confidence in the God who provides. This is how Yeshua taught Torah in the NT, the Torah has not passed away!
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