Celestial Koan

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Priorities - Christ

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 

For the pagans run after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. 

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Source: Matthew 6:31-34 NIV

Comment

The pronoun ‘His’ capitalised, refers to God, as does the term “Heavenly Father”

This quotation is a curious mixture of Buddhist, Zen Buddhist, Daoist, and Christian philosophies (and other mainly religions too). It is understood to be a direct quotation of Jesus.