Luke 12:22-31

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?

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,^[b] yet I tell you, ⁶even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, ⁷O you of little faith!

29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor ⁸be worried.

30 For ⁹all the nations of the world seek after these things, and ¹⁰your Father knows that you need them.

31 Instead, ¹¹seek ¹²his^[c] kingdom, ¹³and these things will be added to you.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 22-31, see Matthew 6:25-33
• 2. ver. 11; Luke 10:41; Matthew 10:19; Matthew 13:22(Gk.); 1 Corinthians 7:32(Gk.); Philippians 4:6; 1 Peter 5:7
• 3. [Job 38:41; Psalms 147:9]
• 4. See ver. 7
• 5. Luke 2:52(Gk.)
• 6. 1 Kings 10:4-7
• 7. Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8; [Luke 17:6]
• 8. [James 1:6]
• 9. Matthew 6:8
• 10. Matthew 6:8
• 11. [Matthew 5:6, 20]
• 12. Luke 11:2
• 13. [1 Kings 3:11-14; Mark 10:29, 30; 1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 3:9]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
• [b]. Some manuscripts Consider the lilies; they neither spin nor weave
• [c]. Some manuscripts God's