Luke 12:26

Luke 12:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
• New International Version (NIV)Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
• New King James Version (NKJV)If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

Context of Luke 12:26

24Consider the ravens. They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than birds! 25“And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? So if you cannot do even something very little, why do you worry about other things? 27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. 28But if God so clothes the grass in the field—which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow—then how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

Luke 12:26 word by word

εἰ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐλάχιστον δύνασθε, τί περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μεριμνᾶτε;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• yeδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• be notοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• that thing which is leastἐλάχιστοςelachistos · leastG1646
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• take ye thoughtμεριμνάωmerimnaō · to worryG3309
• forπερίperi · aboutG4012
• the restλοιπόςloipoi · remainingG3062

Cross-references for Luke 12:26

• Luke 12:29“So do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.
• Psalms 39:6Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah
• Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God, for who can straighten what He has bent?
• 1 Peter 5:7Cast all your worries on Him, for He cares for you.

Commentaries on Luke 12:26

• 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