Luke 12:27

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

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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, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

28But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

Matthew 6:28And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

James 1:10But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

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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