Luke 12:29

And inquire not, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor let your mind wander upon these things.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

In Context

28And if God so clothe the herb, which to-day exists in the field, and to-morrow falls into the oven, how much more you, ye little in faith?

30For all these things the people of the world seek after; and your father knoweth that, for you also, these things are needful.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:31Therefore be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed?

Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples: Therefore I tell you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for your body, what ye shall put on.

Luke 22:35And he said to them: When I sent you without purses, without wallets and shoes, lacked ye any thing? They say to him: Nothing.

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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