Scripture · New Testament
Luke 12:26
Luke 12:26 is verse 26 of Luke chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
King James Version
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
World English Bible
If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
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Luke 12:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
1 Peter 5:7Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.