Luke 12:28 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:28

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

BSB

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ASV

But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

KJV

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

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Commentary

3 voices

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.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke, 7.129 (397)

Therefore, if lilies or angels are clothed with glory surpassing that of humans, we must not despair of God's mercy in us, to whom the Lord promises a similar appearance of angels through the grace of resurrection. In this passage, it also seems to address that question, which even the Apostle did not overlook; for the peoples of this world inquire how the dead rise again and with what kind of body they come.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

If then God so clothe the grass,.... lilies and tulips; for they are no other than grass, weak, frail, fading, short lived flowers, which have all their gaiety and beauty from the great Creator of them: which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven: the grass is one day in the field, in all its verdure, glory, and beauty; and being cut down before evening, the next day it is withered and dried, and made fit to put into an oven, or under a furnace to heat them with: how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἐν	en	in [the]	G1722 →
ἀγρῷ	agrō	field	G68 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
χόρτον	chorton	grass	G5528 →
ὄντα	onta	being [here]	G1510 →
σήμερον	sēmeron	today	G4594 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αὔριον	aurion	tomorrow	G839 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
κλίβανον	klibanon	[the] furnace	G2823 →
βαλλόμενον	ballomenon	being thrown	G906 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἀμφιέζει,	amphiezei	dresses,
πόσῳ	posō	how much	G4214 →
μᾶλλον	mallon	more	G3123 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
ὀλιγόπιστοι;	oligopistoi	O [you] of little faith?	G3640 →

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

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The walk8

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
Matthew 17:20
“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’…
leads to
- Luke 17:6
  And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- Mark 11:23
  “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will…
- Luke 1:37
  For no word from God will ever fail.”
- Luke 18:27
  But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- Matthew 21:21
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
Through
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- James 1:10–11
  But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 103:15
  As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke