Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
Luke 12:26 - King James 2000 If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If then you are not able to do such a little thing as that, why are you anxious and troubled with cares about the rest? American Standard Version (1901) If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest? Common English Bible If you can’t do such a small thing, why worry about the rest? Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if you are not capable, in what is so little, why be anxious about the rest? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest? |
Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing?
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
And seek you not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be of anxious mind.