Luke 12:26

If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye anxious?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

In Context

25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

27'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

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Cross References

Psalms 39:6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Luke 12:29'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

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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