Luke 12:26
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?
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.
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
- KJV
- If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- WEB
- If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
- ASV
- If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?
- DARBY
- If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
- BLB
- If, then, you⁺ are not even able [to do] the least, why are you⁺ anxious about the rest?
- ÅB
- Formår dere da ikke engang det minste, hvorfor er dere da bekymret for det andre?
- OTB
- Hvis dere ikke engang kan gjøre en veldig liten ting, hvorfor bekymrer dere dere for resten?
- B1930
- Formår I da ikke engang det minste, hvorfor er I da bekymret for det andre?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Read in contextPsalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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