Luke 12:22-31. εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς [αὐτοῦ],
διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ τί φάγητε, μηδὲ τῷ σώματι τί
ἐνδύσησθε. ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ πλεῖόν ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος.
κατανοήσατε τοὺς κόρακας ὅτι οὐ σπείρουσιν οὐδὲ θερίζουσιν, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν
ταμεῖον οὐδὲ ἀποθήκη, καὶ ὁ θεὸς τρέφει αὐτούς: πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμεῖς διαφέρετε
τῶν πετεινῶν. τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν μεριμνῶν δύναται ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ προσθεῖναι
πῆχυν; εἰ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐλάχιστον δύνασθε, τί περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μεριμνᾶτε; κατανοήσατε
τὰ κρίνα πῶς αὐξάνει: οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει: λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, οὐδὲ σολομὼν
ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων. εἰ δὲ ἐν ἀγρῷ τὸν χόρτον
ὄντα σήμερον καὶ αὔριον εἰς κλίβανον βαλλόμενον ὁ θεὸς οὕτως ἀμφιέζει,
πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑμᾶς, ὀλιγόπιστοι. καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ζητεῖτε τί φάγητε καὶ τί
πίητε, καὶ μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε: ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου ἐπιζητοῦσιν:
ὑμῶν δὲ ὁ πατὴρ οἶδεν ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων. πλὴν ζητεῖτε τὴν βασιλείαν
αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν. |
Luke 12:22-31. 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? If ye then be not able to do that thing which
is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 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. |