Misquotes of Jesus

Have you ever quoted someone and then found out you misquoted them? It drives me nuts when people purposely do this. Eckhart Tolle did just that in session 1 of Oprah Winfrey's new webcast on his book New Earth.

During this conversation, Oprah asked Tolle about why he uses flowers in his book as a relevant analogy. He said that the flower is less dense than other things, which is true, and therefore is more ethereal, which makes them a link to the spiritual world. He then references Jesus from Matthew 6 and says that even Jesus pointed to this. This is simply not true.

In Matthew 6: 28-34, Jesus is talking to people about worrying. He then points to both the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, and points out how neither one of these worries about what it's going to eat or what it'll wear. He continues on to say that if God provides so much for these, how much more will He provide us.

Let's get the quotes right, and put things into proper context, not just fly off by the seat of our pants to make what seems like a good point.