Matthew 6:26

Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν, οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν, οὐδὲ συνάγουσιν εἰς ἀποθήκας, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τρέφει αὐτά· οὐχ ὑμεῖς μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν;

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 1689; emblepsate; ἐμβλέψατε; Look; V-AMA-2P

Strongs 1519; eis; εἰς; into; Prep

Strongs 3588; ta; τὰ; the; Art-ANP

Strongs 4071; peteina; πετεινὰ; birds; N-ANP

Strongs 3588; tou; τοῦ; the; Art-GMS

Strongs 3772; ouranou; οὐρανοῦ; heaven; N-GMS

Strongs 3754; hoti; ὅτι; that; Conj

Strongs 3756; ou; οὐ; no; Adv

Strongs 4687; speirousin; σπείρουσιν; they sow; V-PIA-3P

Strongs 3761; oude; οὐδὲ; nor; Conj

Strongs 2325; therizousin; θερίζουσιν; reap; V-PIA-3P

Strongs 3761; oude; οὐδὲ; nor; Conj

Strongs 4863; synagousin; συνάγουσιν; they lead together; V-PIA-3P

Strongs 1519; eis; εἰς; into; Prep

Strongs 596; apothēkas; ἀποθήκας; barns; N-AFP

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 3962; Patēr; Πατὴρ; Father; N-NMS

Strongs 4771; hymōn; ὑμῶν; of yourselves; PPro-G2P

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 3770; ouranios; οὐράνιος; in heaven; Adj-NMS

Strongs 5142; trephei; τρέφει; feeds; V-PIA-3S

Strongs 846; auta; αὐτά; these things; PPro-AN3P

Strongs 3756; ouch; οὐχ; not; Adv

Strongs 4771; hymeis; ὑμεῖς; yourselves; PPro-N2P

Strongs 3123; mallon; μᾶλλον; rather; Adv

Strongs 1308; diapherete; διαφέρετε; you are carrying across; V-PIA-2P

Strongs 846; autōn; αὐτῶν; of themselves; PPro-GN3P

RBT Hebrew Literal:

Fix your gaze into the Winged Ones/Flyers of the Heavenly One, that they don't sow, nor reap, nor lead together into storehouses, and the Father of yourselves, the Heavenly One, is nourishing themselves. You, yourselves do not differ more than themselves!^19b

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Look ye upon the fowls of heaven; for they neither sow, nor reap, nor collect into stores; and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Do ye not rather differ from them.

LITV Translation:
Observe the birds of the heaven, that they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor do they gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Do you not rather excel them?

ESV Translation:
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?

Footnotes

19b

The phrase οὐχ μᾶλλον διαφέρετε αὐτῶν, taken grammatically, is a declarative negation of a comparative statement and thus denies the existence of distinction: “You do not differ more than they” or “You are not better than they are.”

However, as is frequent in both Classical and Koine Greek, such constructions may function rhetorically as interrogatives without formal syntactic markers. In such cases, the phrase would be understood as: “Do you not differ more than they?”—a question expecting an affirmative answer. The interpretive shift depends on the broader literary or dialogic context.