Luke 12:29

And seek not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, and be not in anxious suspense.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

In Context

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?

30For all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Therefore, be not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, with what shall we be clothed?

Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples: For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.

Luke 22:35And he said to them: When I sent you without purse and bag and sandals, did you need any thing? They replied: Nothing.

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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