Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?
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In Context
23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
25But which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord lives, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew or rain during these years, except by the words of my mouth.”
Job 38:41Who provides the raven with its meal, when her chicks cry out to God, as they wander around because they have no food?
Psalms 147:9He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
Mark 6:26And the king was greatly saddened. But because of his oath, and because of those who were sitting with him at table, he was not willing to disappoint her.
Luke 12:30For all these things are sought by the Gentiles of the world. And 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 →