Luke 12:30
for all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
29And seek ye not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; neither be ye in careful suspense:
31Seek ye therefore the kingdom of God, and all these shall be super-added unto you.
Cross References
Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be observed by them: otherwise ye will have no reward from your Father, who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:32(things which the heathens are so inquisitive after) for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
Matthew 18:14Even so it is not the will of your heavenly Father, that any one of these little ones should be lost.
John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not now; for I am not yet ascended to my Father; but go directly to my brethren, and tell them, "I am to ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."
1 Thessalonians 4:5not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.
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 →