Source
P.J. Parsons & N. Gonis (editors), The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Vol. LXXXVII.
Information
This is an ancient manuscript which mixes content from Synoptic Q (material found in Matthew and Luke, but not Mark) with content from Thomas.
English
[…] died. I tell you, don’t be anxious about your life, what you’ll eat, nor the body, what you’ll wear, because I tell you, unless you fast from the world, you’ll never find the kingdom, and unless you […] the world, you’ll never […] the Father […] the birds, how […] and your heavenly Father feeds them […] so you […] much […]
[…] how they grow […] Solomon […] in his glory […] the Father clothes grass which dries up and is thrown into the oven, he’ll clothe you […] so you […] also […] because your Father knows your need, but look for the kingdom and all these things will be given […]
Parallels
Thomas
27 [Jesus said,] ‘If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the kingdom [of God]. [And] if you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the Father.’
36 Jesus said, ‘Do not be anxious from morning until evening, and from evening until morning, [neither about your food and what you will eat, nor about your robe and] what you will wear. [You are of more value than the lilies, which neither card nor spin. As for you, when you have no clothing, what will you put on? Who might add to your stature? He will give you your clothing.]’
63 Jesus said, ‘There was a wealthy man who had immense wealth. He said, “I will use my wealth to sow, harvest, plant, and fill my storage with produce, so that I will not need anything.” These were what he was thinking in his heart, but he died that very night. Whoever has ears, let him hear.’
Matthew
6.25–33 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. 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 them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.’
Luke
12.22–31 He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith! And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.’