Luke 12:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.
  • 1 Kgs 3:11-13 : 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes; 12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future. 13 And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Ps 34:9 : 9 Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Let 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.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
  • Ps 37:3 : 3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
  • Ps 37:19 : 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

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  • Matt 6:25-34
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    25 So 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?

    26 See 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?

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

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

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

    30 But 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?

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 12:25-30
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    25 And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

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

    27 Give 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.

    28 But 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?

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

    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.

  • Luke 12:32-34
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    32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

    33 Give 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.

    34 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

  • Luke 12:21-23
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    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

    22 And 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.

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

  • Matt 6:8-11
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    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

    9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

    10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

    11 Give us this day bread for our needs.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    15 And 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.

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

  • Luke 21:31-32
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    31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

    32 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

  • Matt 7:7
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    7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

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    9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

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    19 Make 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.

    20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

    21 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

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    22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24 Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.

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    21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

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    31 But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

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    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

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    27 Let 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.

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    41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

  • Mark 13:29-31
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    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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

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    11 But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

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    18 And 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.

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    11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

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    17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.