Luke 12:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give 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!

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  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.
  • Matt 10:31 : 31 Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
  • Luke 12:7 : 7 But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time. 16 By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure.
  • Luke 12:30-32 : 30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them. 31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition. 32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Mark 6:26 : 26 And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-6 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word. 2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 3 Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. 4 The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there. 5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan. 6 And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

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  • Matt 6:25-34
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    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.

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    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.

    23Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

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    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.

    32Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

    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.

  • 9He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry.

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

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

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    29Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

    30But the hairs of your head are all numbered.

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

  • 4The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

  • 6And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

  • 15Every raven, and birds of that sort;

  • 11Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

  • 14Every raven, and all birds of that sort;

  • 7But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

  • 26Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

  • 12The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

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    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.

    16And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

    17And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

    18And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.

  • 5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

  • 23Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • 20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

  • 8She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.

  • 19Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

  • 58And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

  • 4And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

  • 27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

  • 13Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?