Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
23Life is a greater gift than food, and the body, than clothing.
25Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?
Cross References
Mark 6:26And the king was very sad; yet, on account of his oath and his guests, he would not reject her.
Luke 12:30For all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.
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 →