The Meaning of Matthew 6:32 Explained

Matthew 6:32

KJV: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

YLT: for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

Darby: for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

ASV: For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

(For  after  all  these things  do the Gentiles  seek:  ) for  your  heavenly  Father  knoweth  that  ye have need  of all  these things. 

What does Matthew 6:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 6:27-34 - The Cure For Anxious Care
The Lord's tone is gentle and tender when He turns to address the poor. He says three times over, "Don't be anxious." He never forgot that He sprang, according to His human nature, from the ranks of poverty. His references to patching garments, using old bottle-skins, the price of sparrows, and the scanty pittance of a laborer's hire, indicate that He was habituated to the shifts of the poor.
There is all the difference between foresight and foreboding. It is the latter that Jesus chides. The farmer must sow in the autumn that he may reap in the summer, but there is no need for him to lie sleepless through the nights of winter, worrying about the yet distant harvest. Do not be anxious about the supply of your needs, whether of body, mind, or heart. God knows what you need. If He has given life, will He not maintain it? Does He not care for the birds and flowers? Did He not give His Son, and will He withhold any good? Trust Him and be at peace. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 6

1  Giving to the Needy
5  The Lord's Prayer
16  Proper Fasting
19  Store up Treasures in Heaven
25  Do Not Worry
33  but seek God's kingdom

What do the individual words in Matthew 6:32 mean?

All for these things the Gentiles seek after knows the Father of you - Heavenly that you have need of them all
πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιζητοῦσιν οἶδεν Πατὴρ ὑμῶν οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων

ταῦτα  these  things 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: οὗτος  
Sense: this.
ἔθνη  Gentiles 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural
Root: ἔθνος  
Sense: a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together.
ἐπιζητοῦσιν  seek  after 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἐπιζητέω  
Sense: to enquire for, seek for, search for, seek diligently.
οἶδεν  knows 
Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: οἶδα  
Sense: to see.
Πατὴρ  Father 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: προπάτωρ 
Sense: generator or male ancestor.
ὑμῶν  of  you 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Root: σύ  
Sense: you.
  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
οὐράνιος  Heavenly 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: οὐράνιος  
Sense: heavenly.
ὅτι  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
χρῄζετε  you  have  need 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural
Root: χρῄζω  
Sense: to have need of, to be in want of.
τούτων  of  them 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Genitive Neuter Plural
Root: οὗτος  
Sense: this.