Luke 12:23
For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:12And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Job 2:6And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life.
Acts 27:18And as we laboured exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard;
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 →