Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens! They do not sow nor reap, they have no storeroom or asam (granary), yet Hashem feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the OPH HASHOMAYIM. + 12:24 Job 38:41; Ps 147:9
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25And can any of you by means of a LEV ROGEZ add one cubit to your span of Chayyim?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Eliyahu HaTishbi, who was of the inhabitants of Tishbe-Gil'ad, said unto Ach'av (King Ahab of Israel), As Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, before whom I stand, + 17:1 ministering, as minister there shall not be tal nor matar these shanim [ahead], except according to my word.
Job 38:41Who provideth for the raven his food? 1 When his young ones cry unto El, 1 they wander about for lack of okhel.
Psalms 147:9He giveth to the behemah her lechem, 1 and to the bnei orev (young ravens) when they cry out. 1
Mark 6:26And having become very sad, the king, on account of his shevuah and on account of the ones reclining at the seudah [with him], was unwilling to refuse her.
Luke 12:30For all these things the Goyim of the Olam Hazeh strive after, but your Av + 12:30 sh'ba'Shomayim has daas (knowledge) that you need 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 →