Gospel of Matthew

Live one day at a time

Echoes

The verse says to take “no thought for the morrow”, because “Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof”. It states the idea in its own words and credits no earlier source.

1. 23 BCE

   “A wise deity shrouds in obscure darkness the events of the time to come, and smiles if a mortal is solicitous beyond the law of nature. Be mindful to manage duly that which is present.”

   Horace, Odes. Earliest we can find, about 110 years earlier.

2. c. 80 to 90 CE

   “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”