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# General Information:
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Jesus is talking to a group of people about what might happen to them as individuals. The instances of "you" and "your" are plural.
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# so clothes the grass
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This is a metaphor that means God makes the flowers beautiful. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# grass
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If your language has a word that includes "grass" and the word you used for "lilies" in the previous verse, you can use it here.
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# is thrown into the oven
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The Jews at that time used grass in their fires to cook their food. This can be stated in active form. AT: "someone throws it into a fire" or "someone burns it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# how much more will he clothe you ... faith?
Jesus is using a question to teach the people. AT: "he will certainly clothe you ... faith" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# you of little faith
"you who have such little faith." Jesus is scolding the people because they have little faith in God.
# Therefore
"Because of all of this"
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