Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies—how they grow. They do not labor, neither do they spin. Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

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Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In Context

26If then you are not able to do such a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

28If God so clothes the grass in the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to test him with hard questions.

Matthew 6:28Why are you anxious about clothing? Think about the lilies in the fields, how they grow. They do not work, and they do not spin cloth.

James 1:10but the rich man of his low position, because he will pass away as a wild flower in the grass.

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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