Luke 12:26

If yee then bee not able to doe the least thing, why take yee thought for the remnant?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

25And which of you with taking thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?

27Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Salomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

Luke 12:29Therefore aske not what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, neither hag you in suspense.

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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