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Luke 12:27-37
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Notice how the lilies grow. They don't wear themselves out with work, and they don't spin cloth. But I say to you that even Solomon in all his splendor wasn't dressed like one of these.
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If God dresses grass in the field so beautifully, even though it's alive today and tomorrow it's thrown into the furnace, how much more will God do for you, you people of weak faith!
29
Don't chase after what you will eat and what you will drink. Stop worrying.
30
All the nations of the world long for these things. Your Father knows that you need them.
31
Instead, desire his kingdom and these things will be given to you as well.
32
“Don't be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights in giving you the kingdom.
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Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves wallets that don't wear out—a treasure in heaven that never runs out. No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys.
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Where your treasure is, there your heart will be too.
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Be like people waiting for their master to come home from a wedding celebration, who can immediately open the door for him when he arrives and knocks on the door.
37
Happy are those servants whom the master finds waiting up when he arrives. I assure you that, when he arrives, he will dress himself to serve, seat them at the table as honored guests, and wait on them.
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