Luke 12:26

And if ye are impotent for that which is least, why are ye anxious about the rest?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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, by taking pains, can add one cubit to his stature?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, nor do they spin. Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

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Cross References

Luke 12:29And inquire not, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor let your mind wander upon 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 →

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