Luke 12:29

And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

In Context

28Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith?

30For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?

Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.

Luke 22:35When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, did you want anything?

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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