Luke 12:27

“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; I say to you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of these.

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In The King James Version

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In Context

26So if you cannot do even such a little thing, why worry about the rest?

28So if God so clothes the grass that today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more you, O little-faiths!

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Cross References

Matthew 6:28And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither labor nor spin,

James 1:10but the rich brother in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of wild grass.

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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