What does Matthew 6:31 mean?

Matthew 6:31 KJV
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:31 MKJV
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

Matthew 6:31 NKJV
“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Matthew 6:31 KJV 2000
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, How shall we be clothed?

Interlinear KJV

Therefore /oun/ take no /me/ thought, /merimnao/ saying, /lego/ What /tis/ shall we eat /phago/? or, /e/ What /tis/ shall we drink /pino/? or, /e/ Wherewithal /tis/ shall we be clothed /periballo/?

John Wesley’s Notes

V. 31.  Therefore take not thought — How kind are these precepts! The substance of which is only this, Do thyself no harm! Let us not be so ungrateful to him, nor so injurious to ourselves, as to harass and oppress our minds with that burden of anxiety, which he has so graciously taken off.  Every verse speaks at once to the understanding, and to the heart.  We will not therefore indulge these unnecessary, these useless, these mischievous cares.  We will not borrow the anxieties and distresses of the morrow, to aggravate those of the present day.  Rather we will cheerfully repose ourselves on that heavenly Father, who knows we have need of these things; who has given us the life, which is more than meat, and the body, which is more than raiment. And thus instructed in the philosophy of our heavenly Master, we will learn a lesson of faith and cheer. fulness from every bird of the air, and every flower of the field.