Luke 12:25
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?
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- KJV
- And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- WEB
- Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
- ASV
- And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?
- DARBY
- But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
- BLB
- And who of you⁺, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan a cubit?
- ÅB
- Og hvem av dere kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?
- OTB
- Hvem av dere kan ved å bekymre seg legge en eneste time til sitt livs lengde?
- B1930
- Og hvem av eder kan med all sin bekymring legge en alen til sin livslengde?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Read in contextMatthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Read in context