Under the Influence of Worry
I would have never put drunkenness and worry in the same category, and yet Jesus seemed to suggest that they should be. Why? What could He mean?
The phrase “weighed down” in the original text is a translation of the word bareo. It means “to burden, weigh down, depress.” This single verb also pinpoints the cause of this stress: “oppressed with external evils and calamities.”
What was happening to bring such a word of warning?
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