Luke 12:30
for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
29And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
31but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:1Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.
Matthew 6:32for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew 18:14So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.
John 20:17Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and [to] my God and your God.
1 Thessalonians 4:5(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)
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 →