Luke 12:22-34 - Anxiety

22 And he said to his disciples, I tell you, therefore, be not anxious for your soul what you shall eat, nor for the body what you shall put on. 23 Is not the soul more than the food, and the body than the clothing? 24 Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, and they have no private room, no storehouse; and God feeds them. How much are you better than the birds! 25 And which of you can add a cubit to his stature? 26 And if you cannot do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

27 Consider the lilies; how they neither spin nor weave; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them. 28 And if God so clothes the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith? 29 And seek not what you shall eat, and what you shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind; 30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek; and your Father knows that you need them.

31 But seek his kingdom, and these shall be added to you. 32 Fear not, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your property and bestow charity; make yourselves purses that become not old, and a treasury that fails not, in heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys; 34 for where your treasury is, there will your heart be also.


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