Luke 12:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you then are not able to do the least thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

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  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
  • Eccl 7:13 : 13 Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you.

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  • Luke 12:21-25
    5 verses
    85%

    21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

    23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

    24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the birds?

    25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

  • Matt 6:24-34
    11 verses
    84%

    24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

    25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

    26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

    27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

    28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

    29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

    30 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

    31 Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear?

    32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

    33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

    34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

  • Luke 12:27-33
    7 verses
    81%

    27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they do not labor, they do not spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

    28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

    29 And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.

    30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you need these things.

    31 But rather seek the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you.

    32 Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

    33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

    7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Matt 10:28-31
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    28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

    29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father.

    30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

    31 Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.

  • Luke 16:10-12
    3 verses
    69%

    10 He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in what is least is also unjust in much.

    11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

    12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you what is your own?

  • Luke 12:15-18
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    15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

    16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

    17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

    18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

  • Mark 4:31
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    31 It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds on the earth;

  • Luke 14:28
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    28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?

  • Matt 13:32
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    32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

  • Matt 11:28-29
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    28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

    29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.

  • Luke 12:11
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    11 And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him.

  • Luke 12:4
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    4 And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.

  • Matt 16:8
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    8 Which when Jesus perceived, He said to them, O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves, because you have brought no bread?

  • Luke 10:41
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    41 And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things:

  • Mark 4:25
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    25 For he who has, more will be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • 1 Pet 5:7
    66%

    7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you.

  • Matt 25:45
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    45 Then he will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.