“... The thirty-sixth Coptic saying, which corresponds to this Oxyrhynchus fragmentary text, is much shorter than the Greek. It may represent a different Greek recension of the Gospel or a deliberate shortening of the text in the Coptic. At any rate, we can only use the Coptic as a control for the restoration of the first few lines of the Greek text. The Coptic version runs as follows: 'Jesus said, "Do not be solicitous from morning till evening and from evening till morning about what you are going to put on'" (87: 24-7). Even this part of this saying does not correspond exactly to the beginning of the Greek text. [...] '[Jesus says, "Be not solicitous f]rom morning un[til evening, nor] from eve[ning until mo]rning either [for y]our [sustenance], what [you will] eat, [or] for [your] clo[thing], what you [will] put on. [...] Comments This saying is related to the canonical words recorded by Mt 6:25-32 and Lk 12:22-30, but we have either a different tradition preserved in this fragment or else a deliberate condensation. Lines 7-13 of the fragment can be compared with Mt 6:28 (=Lk 12:27); lines 13-16 with Mt 6:27 (=Lk 12:25). [...] This saying deals only with excessive solicitude for food and clothing and the correct dependence that the Christian should have on the Father. ...”