Lucas 12:27

27 Considerad los lirios, cómo crecen; no trabajan ni hilan; pero os digo que ni Salomón en toda su gloria se vistió como uno de éstos.

Lucas 12:27 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies how they grow
Some copies read, "the lilies of the field", as in ( Matthew 6:28 ) The Persic version renders the word, "the roses and lilies of the field": and the Arabic version, the "flowers"; any flowers of the field; for what is afterwards said, is true of any of them, but particularly of the lilies: now, as the former instance of God's feeding the ravens is designed to remove all anxious and distressing thoughts about food for the body; this is mentioned to take off every thing of that kind with respect to clothing for it; wherefore, in Matthew, these words are premised to it, "and why take ye thought for raiment?" there will be no need of it, when it considered how the lilies, or tulips, or any other flowers grow up out of the earth, and in what a fine beautiful dress they appear, without any care or labour of their own, and even without the care and management of a gardener; for flowers of the field are here meant:

they toil not, they spin not;
they neither labour as men do, in sowing flax, and dressing it, or in combing of wool, or in spinning of either:

and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
The Ethiopic version renders it, "in the whole time of his glory"; throughout his glorious reign, at any time; whenever upon any extraordinary occasion he was dressed out in the finest manner, yet even then a lily outdid him; its glory being natural to it, whereas his, at best, was but artificial, and an imitation of nature; (See Gill on Matthew 6:29).

Lucas 12:27 In-Context

25 ¿Y quién de vosotros, por ansioso que esté, puede añadir una hora al curso de su vida ?
26 Si vosotros, pues, no podéis hacer algo tan pequeño, ¿por qué os preocupáis por lo demás?
27 Considerad los lirios, cómo crecen; no trabajan ni hilan; pero os digo que ni Salomón en toda su gloria se vistió como uno de éstos.
28 Y si Dios viste así la hierba del campo, que hoy es y mañana es echada al horno, ¡cuánto más hará por vosotros, hombres de poca fe!
29 Vosotros, pues no busquéis qué habéis de comer, ni qué habéis de beber, y no estéis preocupados.

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