Luke 12:26

Therefore, if you are not capable, in what is so little, why be anxious about the rest?

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In The King James Version

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

In Context

25But which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither work nor weave. But I say to you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

Luke 12:29And so, do not choose to inquire as to what you will eat, or what you will drink. And do not choose to be lifted up on high.

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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