Luke 12:23
The life is more than meat (or Life is more than food), and the body more than clothing.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:12Therefore the Lord said to Satan, Lo! all things, which he hath, be in thine hand; only stretch thou not forth thine hand into him. And Satan went out from the face of the Lord. (And so the Lord said to Satan, Behold! everything which he hath, is in thy power; only stretch not forth thy hand onto him. And Satan went out from before the Lord.)
Job 2:6Therefore the Lord said to Satan, Lo! he is in thine hand; nevertheless keep thou his life. (And so the Lord said to Satan, Behold! he is in thy hands, (or under thy power); but do not thou kill him.)
Acts 27:18And for we were thrown with (a) strong tempest, in the day (pur)suing they made casting out. (And because we were tossed about by a strong tempest, on the following day they began to throw out the cargo.)
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 →