who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Luke 12:24 - Tree of Life Version Consider the ravens. They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are 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, who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
Who arranges provision for the raven, when its young cry out to God, and wander about for lack of food?
His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but the chaff He shall burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
“Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
The king became very sorrowful; but because of his oaths and those reclining with him, he didn’t want to refuse her.
And he said, ‘Here’s what I’ll do! I’ll tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I’ll store all my grain and my goods.
Indeed, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.