Luke 12:26

If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

Darby Translation

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 being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

27Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Luke 12:29And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

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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