Gr. merimnaō “to be anxious,” “to care for,” or “to be troubled [with cares]” (see on Luke 10:41). Christ does not here condone careless unconcern on the part of Christian believers in regard to the study of Scripture, for the Christian is to be “ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh” a reason for his faith (1 Peter 3:15). We are to serve God faithfully day by day, taking no anxious “thought for the morrow” (Matt. 6:34). We are to trust in God for grace to meet problems as they arise, yet at the same time we are to give most earnest heed to the study of God’s revealed will in order to be prepared for any and every situation that comes.