Luke 12:22-26

Do Not Be Anxious

22 And he said to his disciples, ¹“Therefore I tell you, ²do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

24 ³Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. ⁴Of how much more value are you than the birds!

25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his ⁵span of life? ^[a]

26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

Cross References

• 1. 12:22 For ver. 22-31, see Matt. 6:25-33
• 2. 12:22 ver. 11; ch. 10:41; Matt. 10:19; 13:22 (Gk.); 1 Cor. 7:32 (Gk.); Phil. 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:7
• 3. 12:24 [Job 38:41; Ps. 147:9]
• 4. 12:24 See ver. 7
• 5. 12:25 ch. 2:52 (Gk.)

Footnotes

• [a] 12:25 Or 'a single cubit to his stature'; a 'cubit' was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters