Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

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In The King James Version

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In Context

26If then ye are not able to do even the least, why are ye anxious about the rest?

28And if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow being cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

Matthew 6:28And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

James 1:10but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41

Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →

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