Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, that they do not sow or reap. They have no storeroom or barn, but God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
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In Context
23For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
25Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his lifespan?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so.”
Job 38:41Who provides victims for the ravens 1 when their young ones cry out to God 1 and stagger about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9He gives food to the animals 1 and to the young ravens when they cry. 1
Mark 6:26Though this deeply grieved the king, he could not refuse her request because of the oath he had made and because of his dinner guests.
Luke 12:30For all the nations of the world look for these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
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 →