Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens, which sow not, nor reap, nor have cellars and storehouses; yet God provideth them food. How much more important now are ye, than the birds!
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
23For the life is more important than food, and the body than raiment.
25And which of you, by taking pains, can add one cubit to his stature?
Cross References
Mark 6:26And it pained the king greatly; yet, on account of the oath, and on account of the guests, he would not deny her:
Luke 12:30For all these things the people of the world seek after; and your father knoweth that, for you also, these things are needful.
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 →