who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
Luke 12:24 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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? |
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.*
See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.