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| And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat, nor about your body, what you shall put on. | Care and Anxiety Lk.12.22-34 | Mt.6.25-34 |
| For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. | |
| Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! | |
| And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his span of life? | |
| If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? | |
| Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. | |
| But if God so clothes the grass which is alive in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith! | |
| And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind. | |
| For all the nations of the world seek these things; and your Father knows that you need them. | |
| Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things shall be yours as well. | |
| "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. | |
| Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. | |
| For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. | |
