Luke 12:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:12 : 12 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
  • Job 2:6 : 6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship; 19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.
  • Acts 27:38 : 38 And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

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  • Matt 6:25-34
    10 verses
    88%

    25So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

    26See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

    27And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

    28And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

    29But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

    30But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

    31Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

    32Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

    33But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

    34Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

  • Luke 12:21-22
    2 verses
    85%

    21So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

    22And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

  • Luke 12:24-31
    8 verses
    80%

    24Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into the earth, or get together grain; they have no store-houses or buildings; and God gives them their food: of how much greater value are you than the birds!

    25And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

    26If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

    27Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

    28But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

    29And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.

    30For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

    31But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • Luke 12:15
    76%

    15And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

  • John 6:27
    73%

    27Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

  • Deut 12:23
    73%

    23But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

  • 1 Tim 6:8
    72%

    8But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

  • 1 Cor 12:22-24
    3 verses
    72%

    22No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

    23And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

    24But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

  • John 12:25
    71%

    25He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

  • John 6:63
    71%

    63The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

  • Matt 10:28
    70%

    28And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

  • Luke 12:4
    69%

    4And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

  • Luke 12:7
    69%

    7But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

  • Prov 4:22
    69%

    22For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

  • Matt 4:4
    69%

    4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

  • Deut 8:3
    69%

    3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

  • Gen 9:4
    69%

    4But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • John 6:50
    69%

    50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

  • Matt 10:31
    68%

    31Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

  • Matt 16:26
    68%

    26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Luke 17:33
    68%

    33If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

  • Jas 2:15
    68%

    15If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

  • Luke 12:33
    68%

    33Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

  • John 6:57
    68%

    57As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

  • Jas 4:14
    68%

    14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
    68%

    14For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

  • John 6:53
    68%

    53Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

  • John 6:33
    68%

    33The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
    68%

    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.