Luke 12:23

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

As soon as they had brought them outside, they said: “Flee for your life! Do not look back or stop anywhere on the Plain. Flee to the hills at once, or you will be swept away.”

Job 1:12

The Lord said to the satan, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on him.” So the satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. The First Trial.

Job 2:4

The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 2:6

And the Lord said to the satan, “He is in your power; only spare his life.” The Second Trial.

Proverbs 13:8

People’s riches serve as ransom for their lives, but the poor do not even hear a threat.

Luke 12:22

He said to [his] disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear.

Luke 12:24

Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. How much more important are you than birds!

Acts 27:38

After they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.