24 Behold the birds! They praise God in their songs; the earth is made more glorious by their ministry of joy; God keeps them in the hollow of his hand,
25 And not a sparrow falls to earth without his care; and every one that falls shall rise again.
26 Behold the flowers of earth! they trust in God and grow; they make the earth resplendent with their beauty and perfume.
27 Look at the lilies of the field, the messengers of holy love. No son of man, not even Solomon in all his excellence, was ever clothed like one of these.
28 And yet they simply trust in God; they feed from out his hand; they lay their heads to rest upon his breast.
29 If God so clothes and feeds the flowers and birds that do his will, will he not feed and clothe his children when they trust in him?
30 Seek first the kingdom of the soul, the righteousness of God, the good of men, and murmur not; God will protect, and feed, and clothe.
CHAPTER 100.
The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus formulates and presents to the twelve a practical code of spiritual ethics.
There is a rule that carnal man has made, and which he rigidly observes: