Luke 12:23

Luke 12:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
• New International Version (NIV)For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Context of Luke 12:23

21That’s how it is when a person has material riches but is not rich in his relationship with God.” 22Then Jesus said to his disciples, “So I tell you to stop worrying about what you will eat or wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. 24Consider the crows. They don’t plant or harvest. They don’t even have a storeroom or a barn. Yet, God feeds them. You are worth much more than birds. 25“Can any of you add an hour to your life by worrying?

Luke 12:23 word by word

ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς, καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The lifeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• moreπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• than meatτροφήtrophē · foodG5160
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• than raimentἔνδυμαenduma · clothingG1742

Cross-references for Luke 12:23

• Genesis 19:17As soon as they were outside, one ⌞of the angels⌟ said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stop on the plain. Run for the hills, or you’ll be swept away!”
• Job 1:12The Lord told Satan, “Everything he has is in your power, but you must not lay a hand on him!” Then Satan left the Lord’s presence.
• Job 2:4Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.
• Proverbs 13:8A person’s riches are the ransom for his life, but the poor person does not pay attention to threats.
• Acts 27:18We continued to be tossed so violently by the storm that the next day the men began to throw the cargo overboard.

Commentaries on Luke 12:23

• 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