Luke 12:23

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them outside, one said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”

Job 1:12

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Job 2:4

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life.

Job 2:6

So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke.

Luke 12:22

And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you are to eat; nor for your body, as to what you are to wear.

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

Acts 27:38

When they had eaten enough, they began lightening the ship by throwing the wheat out into the sea.