Luke 12:23 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 12:23

The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

DBT

The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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7 verses on the floor

Job 2:6
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Job 2:4
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Acts 27:18–19
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Job 1:12
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

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He stirs them up to watchfulness for their Master's coming, from the consideration of the reward of those who are then found faithful, and the punishment of those who are found unfaithful,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LUK 12:23JOB 1:12 LUK 22:31-32
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 12:23PRO 13:8 MAT 16:26
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 12:23JOB 2:6 1CO 10:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LUK 12:23JOB 1:12 2CO 12:7
LUK 12:23PRO 13:8 1PE 1:18-19
LUK 12:23JOB 2:4 PHP 3:8-10
LUK 12:23JOB 1:12 JHN 3:35-36
LUK 12:23JOB 2:4 MAT 6:25

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