Luke 12:24
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.
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
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?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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!
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
- ASV
- Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
- DARBY
- Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?
- BLB
- Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; unto them there is not a storehouse nor a barn—and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you⁺ than the birds!
- ÅB
- Gi akt på ravnene: de hverken sår eller høster, de har ikke matbod eller lade, og Gud før dem allikevel. Hvor meget mere er ikke dere enn fuglene!
- OTB
- Se på ravnene: de sår ikke og høster ikke, de har verken lagerrom eller låve, likevel gir Gud dem mat. Hvor mye mer verdifulle er ikke dere enn fuglene!
- B1930
- Gi akt på ravnene: de hverken sår eller høster, de har ikke matbod eller lade, og Gud før dem allikevel. Hvor meget mere er ikke I enn fuglene!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:7
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Read in contextMatthew 10:31
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Read in contextPsalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Read in contextJob 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Read in contextPsalms 145:15–16
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Read in contextJob 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Read in contextLuke 12:30–32
For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Read in context1 Kings 17:1–6
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
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