Luke 12:30
for the nations of the world seek after all these things, and your Father has known that you have need of these things;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29And you—do not seek what you may eat, or what you may drink, and do not be in suspense,
31but seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:1“Take heed not to do your kindness before men, to be seen by them, and if not—you have no reward from your Father who [is] in the heavens;
Matthew 6:32For the nations seek for all these, for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these;
Matthew 18:14so it is not [the] will in [the] presence of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones may perish.
John 20:17Jesus says to her, “Do not be touching Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; and be going on to My brothers, and say to them, I ascend to My Father and your Father, and [to] My God and your God.”
1 Thessalonians 4:5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing 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 →