Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Luke 12:26 in other translations
| BSB | So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest? |
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| WEB | If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? |
| ASV | If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest? |
| YLT | If, then, ye are not able for the least--why for the rest are ye anxious? |
| DARBY | If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest? |
| BBE | If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest? |
| Webster | If ye then are not able to do that thing which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest? |
What does Luke 12:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 12:22-31
22-31. (See on Mt 6:25-33).
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 12:22-40
Christ largely insisted upon this caution not to give way to disquieting, perplexing cares, Mt 6:25-34. The arguments here used are for our encouragement to cast our care upon God, which is the right way to get ease. As in our stature, so in our state, it is our wisdom to take it as it is. An eager, anxious pursuit of the things of this world, even necessary things, ill becomes the disciples of Christ. Fears must…
Luke 12:26 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 12:26
- 1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Luke 12:25
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
- Luke 12:27
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.
Luke 12:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues si no podéis aun lo que es menos, ¿para qué estaréis afanosos de lo demás? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si donc vous ne pouvez pas même ce qui est très petit, pourquoi êtes-vous en souci du reste? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ihr nun auch das Geringste nicht vermöget, warum seid ihr um das Übrige besorgt? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si ergo neque quod minimum est potestis, quid de ceteris solliciti estis? |