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Luke 12:25
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Luke 12:25 Meaning and Commentary
Luke 12:25
And which of you with taking thought
In an anxious and distressing manner, for food and raiment, in order to preserve and continue life,
add to his stature one cubit?
The Persic version reads, "to his stature and height", as if this referred to the height of stature; whereas it seems rather to regard the age of a man, and the continuance of his life; (See Gill on Matthew 6:27).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 12:25 In-Context
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For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
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Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
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Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
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“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
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Footnotes 1
- [a]. Or "single cubit to your height"
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