Luke 12:29

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:31 : 31 therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?
  • Luke 22:35 : 35 And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.'
  • Luke 12:22 : 22 And 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;
  • Luke 10:7-8 : 7 `And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy `is' the workman of his hire; go not from house to house, 8 and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

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  • Matt 6:24-34
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    85%

    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 12:30-34
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    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;

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

  • Luke 12:21-28
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    82%

    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?

    26If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

    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?

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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 12:15
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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.'

  • Matt 10:9-10
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    9`Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

    10nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

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    27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'

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  • Luke 12:11-12
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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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    8but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;

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    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

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    14`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,

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    19`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

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    14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

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    8and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

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    35And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.'

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

  • Luke 11:9
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    9and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

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    19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

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    24let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

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    9but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

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    11`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

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    17for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

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    3our appointed bread be giving us daily;

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