12 22 'Therefore', he said to his disciples, 'I bid you put away anxious thoughts about food to keep you alive and clothes to cover your body. 12 23 Life is more than food, the body more than clothes. 12 24 Think of the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. You are worth far more than the birds! 12 25 Is there a man among you who by anxious thought can add a foot to his height? Or: a day to his life. 12 26 If, then, you cannot do even a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest? 12 27 'Think of the lilies: Some witnesses read: they grow, they do not toil or spin. they neither spin nor weave; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not attired like one of these. 12 28 But if that is how God clothes the grass, which is growing in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown on the stove, how much more will he clothe you! How little faith you have! 12 29 And so you are not to set your mind on food and drink; you are not to worry. 12 30 For all these are things for the heathen to run after; but you have a Father who knows that you need them. 12 31 No, set your mind upon his kingdom, and all the rest will come to you as well.
12 32 'Have no fear, little flock; for your Father has chosen to give you the Kingdom. 12 33 Sell your possessions and give in charity. Provide for yourselves purses that do not wear out, and never-failing wealth in heaven, where no thief can get near it, no moth destroy it. 12 34 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be also.