Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, they spin not; yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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, therefore, you can not do that which is the least, why are you anxious about the rest?

28If, then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

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Cross References

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

James 1:10but he that is rich, in his humiliation; because as the flower of the grass he shall 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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