Luke 12:26

If ye then are not able to do that thing which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest?

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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 solicitude can add to his stature one cubit?

27Consider the lilies how they grow: They toil not, they spin not; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Luke 12:29And seek ye not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

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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