Luke 12:26

And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?

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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

25But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?

27Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was not robed like one of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, and all our noise is for nothing. We heap up, and know not who will gather.”

Luke 12:29And you – do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.

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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