Luke 12:27 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:27

Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Nor does it seem of light moment, that a flower is either compared to man, or even almost more than to man is preferred to Solomon, to make us conceive the glory expressed, from the brightness of the colour to be that of the heavenly angels; who are truly the flowers of the other world, since by their brightness the world is adorned, and they breathe forth the pure odour of sanctification, who shackled by no cares, employed in no toilsome task, cherish the grace of the Divine bounty towards them, and the gifts of their heavenly nature.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Our inordinate cares are owing to the weakness of our faith; for a powerful practical belief of the all-sufficiency of God, his covenant-relation to us as a Father, and especially his precious promises, relating both to this life and that to come, would be mighty, through God, to the pulling down of the strong holds of these disquieting perplexing imaginations.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We have in these verses—a collection of striking arguments against over-anxiety about the things of this world. At first sight they may seem to some minds simple and common. But the more they are pondered—the more weighty will they appear. An abiding recollection of them would save many Christians an immense amount of trouble. Christ bids us consider the RAVENS. "They neither sow nor reap. They have neither storehouse nor barn. But God feeds them."

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
κατανοήσατε	katanoēsate	do consider	G2657 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
κρίνα	krina	lilies	G2918 →
πῶς	pōs	how	G4459 →
αὐξάνει·	auxanei	they grow:	G837 →
οὐ	ou	Not	G3756 →
κοπιᾷ	kopia	do they labor	G2872 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
νήθει.	nēthei	do they spin.	G3514 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
οὐδὲ	oude	not even	G3761 →
Σολομὼν	Solomōn	Solomon	G4672 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πάσῃ	pasē	all	G3956 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
δόξῃ	doxē	glory	G1391 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
περιεβάλετο	periebaleto	was arrayed	G4016 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἓν	hen	one	G1520 →
τούτων.	toutōn	of these.	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
leads to
- Luke 12:7
  And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Matthew 10:31
  So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- Psalms 147:9
  He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Job 38:41
  Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
- Psalms 145:15–16
  The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.