Luke 12:23
21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
- KJV
- The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
- WEB
- Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
- ASV
- For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
- DARBY
- The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
- BLB
- For life is more than food, and the body than clothing.
- ÅB
- Livet er mere enn maten, og legemet mere enn klærne.
- OTB
- For livet handler ikke bare om mat, eller kroppen bare om klær.
- B1930
- Livet er mere enn maten, og legemet mere enn klærne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 2:6
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
Read in contextProverbs 13:8
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Read in contextJob 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Read in contextActs 27:18–19
We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.
Read in contextJob 1:12
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Read in contextActs 27:38
After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
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