Luke 12:26

If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

25And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. 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 39:6Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.

Luke 12:29And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not 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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