Luke 12:25

World English Bible (2000)

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:36 : 36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
  • Luke 19:3 : 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.

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  • Matt 6:25-34
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    25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

    26 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

    27 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

    28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,

    29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

    30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

    31 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

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

    33 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

    34 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

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    26 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

    27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

    28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

    29 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

    30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

    31 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

    32 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

    33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

    34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Luke 12:15-24
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    15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

    16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

    17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

    18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

    19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

    20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

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

    22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

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

    24 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

  • Luke 12:6-7
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    6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

    7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

  • 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

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    28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

    29 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

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

    31 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

  • 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

  • 11 For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

  • 4 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

  • Mark 4:24-25
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    24 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

    25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."

  • 4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • 14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

  • 9 Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • 12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

  • 19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

  • 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

  • 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

  • 6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.