✨WEB · Luke 12:23
What does Luke 12:23 mean?
"Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing."
— Luke 12:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“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?’
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
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.
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
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!
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
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