Luke 12:23
The lyfe is more then meate, and the body is more then rayment.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 1:12 : 12 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Lo, all that he hath be in thy power, only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand. And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde.
- Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan aunswered the Lord, and sayd, Skinne for skinne, yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life.
- Job 2:6 : 6 And the Lord sayde vnto Satan: Lo, he is in thyne hand, but saue his lyfe.
- Prov 13:8 : 8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.
- Acts 27:18-19 : 18 The next day, when we were tossed with an exceading tempest, they lighted the shippe, 19 And the thirde day, we cast out with our owne handes, the tacklyng of the shippe.
- Acts 27:38 : 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lyghted the shippe, and cast out the wheate into the sea.
- Gen 19:17 : 17 And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne countrey Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.
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- Matt 6:25-3410 verses88%
25 Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment?
26 Beholde the fowles of the ayre: For they sowe not, neither do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?
27 Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature?
28 And why care ye for rayment? Learne of the Lylies of the fielde, howe they growe. They weery not them selues with labour, neither do they spinne:
29 And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these.
30 Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more do the same for you, O ye of litle fayth?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges.
33 But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you.
34 Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe. Sufficient vnto the day, is the euyll therof.
- Luke 12:21-222 verses85%
21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.
22 And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I say vnto you, take no thought for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, neither for the body what ye shall put on.
- Luke 12:24-318 verses80%
24 Consider the Rauens, for they neither sowe nor reape, whiche neither haue storehouse nor barne, and God feedeth them: Howe much more are ye better then fethered fowles?
25 Which of you, with takyng thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least: why take ye thought for the remnaunt?
27 Consider the Lylies how they growe, they labour not, they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these.
28 If God so clothe the grasse, whiche is to daye in the fielde, and to morowe is cast into the furnasse, howe much more wyll he clothe you, O ye of litle fayth?
29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:
30 For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for: and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges.
31 But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.
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15 And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth.
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27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
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23 But be strong, that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eate the life with the fleshe.
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8 But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.
- 1 Cor 12:22-243 verses72%
22 Yea, rather a great deale, those members of the body which seeme to be more feeble, are necessary:
23 And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest, put we more honestie on. And our vncomely partes, haue more comelynesse on.
24 For our comely members neede it not: But God hath tempered the body together, and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked:
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25 He that loueth his lyfe, shall destroy it: and he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde, shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall.
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63 It is the spirite that quickeneth, the fleshe profiteth nothyng. The wordes that I speake vnto you, are spirite and lyfe.
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28 And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.
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4 And I say vnto you my friendes, be not afrayde of them that kyll the body, and after that, haue no more that they can do.
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7 Also, eue the very heeres of your head are all numbred. Feare not therfore, ye are more of value the many sparrowes.
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22 For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.
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7 All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.
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4 But he aunswered, and sayde, it is written: Man shall not lyue by breade only, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God.
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3 He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, & fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy fathers knewe of, to make thee knowe that a man doth not lyue by bread only: but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde, doth a man lyue.
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4 But flesh in the life therof which is the blood therof, shall ye not eate.
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50 This is that bread, which commeth downe from heauen, that yf any man eate therof, he shoulde not dye.
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31 Feare ye not therefore, ye are of more value then many sparowes.
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26 For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule?
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33 Whosoeuer wyll go about to saue his lyfe, shall loose it: and whosoeuer shall loose his lyfe, shall quicken it.
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15 If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,
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33 Sell that ye haue, and geue almes: and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thiefe cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
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57 As the lyuing father hath sent me, and I lyue by the father: Euen so, he that eateth me, shal liue by the meanes of me.
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14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.
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14 For the body is not one member, but many.
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2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.
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53 Then Iesus saide vnto them: Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man, and drynke his blood, ye haue no lyfe in you.
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33 For the bread of God, is he which cometh downe from heauen, and geueth lyfe vnto the worlde.
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12 So then, death worketh in vs, but life in you.