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\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds<\/span>\u00a0them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?” – Jesus\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 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