Luke 12:24
Consider well the ravens—That they sow nor, neither do they reap, which have neither chamber nor barn,—and, God, feedeth, them! By how much do, ye, excel, the birds?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
23For, the life, is more, than the food, and, the body, than, the clothing.
25And, who from among you, though anxious, can, unto his stature, add a cubit?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain,—save at the bidding of my word.
Job 38:41Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment,—when his young ones—unto GOD—cry out, [when] they wander for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
Mark 6:26And, though the king was, very grieved, yet, by reason of the oaths, and of them who were reclining, he would not refuse her.
Luke 12:30For, after all these things, do, the nations of the world, seek,—but, your Father, knoweth that ye need 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 →