Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God nourishes them; how much better are you than the birds?
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In Context
23life is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.
25And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, says to Ahab, “YHWH, God of Israel, lives, before whom I have stood, there is not dew and rain these years, except according to my word.”
Job 38:41Who prepares for a raven his provision, || When his young ones cry to God? They wander without food.”
Psalms 147:9Giving to the beast its food, || To the young of the ravens that call.
Mark 6:26And the king, made very sorrowful because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, would not put her away,
Luke 12:30for the nations of the world seek after all these things, and your Father has known that you have need of these things;
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 →