Luke 12:30 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:30

For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

BSB

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ASV

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

KJV

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

And that you may understand an elation of this kind, remember the vanity of your own youth; if at any time while by yourself you have thought about life and promotions, passing rapidly from one dignity to another, have grasped riches, have built palaces, benefitted friends, been revenged upon enemies. Now such abstraction is sin, for to have our delights fixed upon useless things, leads away from the truth. Hence He goes on to add, For all these things do the nations of the world seek after, &c.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after,.... That is, the Gentiles, as in Mat 6:32 who are frequently, in the Jewish writings, called, in distinction from the Jews, אומות העולם, "the nations of the world" (s).

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But it ill becomes you to do so. You, who are called out of the world, ought not to be thus conformed to the world, and to walk in the way of this people, " Isa. viii. When inordinate cares prevail over us, we should think, "What am I, a Christian or a heathen?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The nations of the world seek after - Or, earnestly seek, επιζητει from επι above, over, and ζητεω, I seek; to seek one thing after another, to be continually and eagerly coveting. This is the employment of the nations of this world, utterly regardless of God and eternity! It is the essence of heathenism to live only for this life; and it is the property of Christianity to lead men to live here in reference to another and better world. Reader! how art thou living?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	nations	G1484 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
ἐπιζητοῦσιν·	epizētousin	seek for;	G1934 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
οἶδεν	oiden	knows
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
χρῄζετε	chrēzete	you have need	G5535 →
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.

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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 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:28
  Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
- 1 Peter 1:3–5
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Revelation 1:6
  who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Through
Matthew 6:8
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
leads to
- Matthew 6:32
  For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- Philippians 4:6
  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- John 16:23–27
  In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Through
Ephesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
leads to
- Romans 1:21
  For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

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