Luke 12:24 · KJV
“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?”
— Luke 12:24
The life is more than meat, and the body {is more} than raiment.
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Luke 12 — Context
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23The life is more than meat, and the body {is more} than raiment.
24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Cross References
Luke 12:7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Psalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry.
Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Psalms 145:15-16
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. {wait...: or, look unto}
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Luke 12:30-32
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
1 Kings 17:1-6
And Elijah the Tishbite, {who was} of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, {As} the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. {Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias}