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Luke 12:29
29Do not always be thinking about the food and drink that you need. Do not worry about things like that.
Luke 12:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
- New International Version (NIV)And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.
Context of Luke 12:29
27Think about how the wild flowers grow. They do not do work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you this about them: Even one wild flower is more beautiful than King Solomon was. And King Solomon wore the most beautiful clothes. 28It is God that gives beautiful clothes even to the grass. One day the grass is growing in the field, but the next day people will cut it and burn it. God will certainly take care of you, much more than he takes care of the grass. You should trust him more than you do! Do not always be thinking about the food and drink that you need. Do not worry about things like that. 30People who do not know God are always trying to get these things. But as for you, your Father God knows that you need them. 31Instead, always think about the things that are important in the kingdom of God. Then God will also give you the things that you need each day.
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καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ζητεῖτε τί φάγητε καὶ τί πίητε, καὶ μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Luke 12:29
- Luke 12:22Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I tell you this: You should not worry about how to stay alive. Do not worry about the food that you need to stay alive. Do not worry about the clothes that you need to wear.
- Luke 10:7Stay in the same house there until you leave that town. Accept the food and drink that the people in the house give to you. You are working to help them. So they should give you what you need to live. Do not visit different houses to get food.
- Luke 22:35Jesus then asked the disciples, ‘When I sent you out without a purse, a bag or shoes, did you need anything?’ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘nothing.’
- Matthew 6:31So do not worry about these things. Do not always say, “What will we eat?”, or “What will we drink?”, or “What will we wear?”
Commentaries on Luke 12:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Neither be ye of doubtful mind - Or, in anxious suspense, . Raphelius gives several examples to prove that the meaning of the word is, to have the mind agitated with useless thoughts, and vain imaginations concerning food, raiment, and riches, accompanied with perpetual uncertainty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-31Verses 22-31 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25-33.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-40Verses 22-40 Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Mt 6:25-34. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is the right way to get ease. As in our stature, so in our state, it is our wisdom to take it as it is. An eager, anxious pursuit of the things of this world, even necessary things, ill becomes the disciples of Christ. Fears must not prevail; when we frighten…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-34After Jesus warns against greed (not being content), he teaches about living in dependence on God (12:13–21). The disciples of Jesus were to focus on God’s kingdom and his purpose in this world rather than being obsessed with possessions.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3122-31. (See on Mt 6:25-33).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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