Luke 12:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
  • Eccl 7:13 : 13 See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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  • Luke 12:21-25
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    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

    22And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

    23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

    24`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

    25and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

  • Matt 6:24-34
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    24`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

    27`And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

    28and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

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

    30`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Luke 12:27-33
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    27`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

    28and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

    32`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

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

    7but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

  • Matt 10:28-31
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    28`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

    29`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

    30and of you -- even the hairs of the head are all numbered;

    31be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

  • Luke 16:10-12
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    10`He who is faithful in the least, `is' also faithful in much; and he who in the least `is' unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

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    15And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

    17and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

    18and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

  • Mark 4:31
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    31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

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    28`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

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    32which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

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    28`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

    29take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

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    11`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

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    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

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    8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

  • Luke 12:4
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    4`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

  • Matt 16:8
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    8And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?

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    41And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

  • Mark 4:25
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    25for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'

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    7all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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    45`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did `it' not to one of these, the least, ye did `it' not to me.