Luke Chapter 12 Verse 26‹If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?›

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›

‹And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?›

‹And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.›

‹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,› [and] ‹be merry.›

‹But God said unto him,› [Thou] ‹fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?›

‹So› [is] ‹he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.›

And he said unto his disciples, ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.›

‹The life is more than meat, and the body› [is more] ‹than raiment.›

‹Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?›

‹And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?›

‹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.›

‹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?›

‹And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.›

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

‹But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.›

‹Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.›

‹Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.›

‹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.›

‹Let your loins be girded about, and› [your] ‹lights burning;›

‹And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.›

The Book of Luke, Chapter 12, Verse 26