Luke 12:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Observe and consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

Common English Bible

²⁴ Consider the ravens: they neither plant nor harvest, they have no silo or barn, yet God feeds them. You are worth so much more than birds!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?

Luke 12:24 Cross References

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Job 38:41

Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food?

Psalm 147:9

He gives to the animals their food and to the young ravens when they cry.

Matthew 10:31

So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Mark 6:26

The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Luke 12:18

Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

Luke 12:23

For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

Luke 12:7

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.