Luke 12:23

Easy-to-Read Version

Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

King James Version (1611)
The life is more then meate, and the body is more then raiment.

King James Version
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

English Standard Version
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

New American Standard Bible
"For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

New Century Version
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

Amplified Bible
"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Legacy Standard Bible
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Berean Standard Bible
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Contemporary English Version
Life is more than food or clothing.

Complete Jewish Bible
For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Darby Translation
The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.

George Lamsa Translation
For the life is much more important than food, and the body than clothing.

Good News Translation
Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.

Lexham English Bible
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Literal Translation
The life is more than the food and the body than the clothing.

American Standard Version
For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

Bible in Basic English
Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

Hebrew Names Version
Life is more than food, and the body than clothing.

International Standard Version
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Etheridge Translation
for the soul is more precious than food, and the body than raiment.

Murdock Translation
For the life is more important than food, and the body than raiment.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The lyfe is more then meate, and the body is more then rayment.

English Revised Version
For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

World English Bible
Life is more than food, and the body than clothing.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The life is more than meat, and the body than raiment.

Weymouth's New Testament
For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The lijf is more than mete, and the body more than clothing.

Update Bible Version
For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

Webster's Bible Translation
The life is more than food, and the body [is more] than raiment.

New English Translation
For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.

New King James Version
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

New Living Translation
For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.

New Life Bible
Life is worth more than food. The body is worth more than clothes.

New Revised Standard
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, the life, is more, than the food, and, the body, than, the clothing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment.

Revised Standard Version
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The lyfe is moare then meate and the bodye is moare then rayment.

Young's Literal Translation
the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The life is more then meate, and the body more then raymet.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

Simplified Cowboy Version
True life is more than feeding your stomach and clothing your body.

Contextual Overview

²² Jesus said to his followers, "So I tell you, don't worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat or what you will wear. ²³ Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it. ²⁴ Look at the birds. They don't plant, harvest, or save food in houses or barns, but God feeds them. And you are worth much more than crows. ²⁵ None of you can add any time to your life by worrying about it. ²⁶ And if you can't do the little things, why worry about the big things? ²⁷ "Think about how the wildflowers grow. They don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that even Solomon, the great and rich king, was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. ²⁸ If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? That's just grass—one day it's alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small! ²⁹ "So don't always think about what you will eat or what you will drink. Don't worry about it. ³⁰ That's what all those people who don't know God are always thinking about. But your Father knows that you need these things. ³¹ What you should be thinking about is God's kingdom. Then he will give you all these other things you need.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 19:17, Job 1:12, Job 2:4, Job 2:6, Proverbs 13:8, Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Acts 27:38

Reciprocal: Matthew 6:25 - Take

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The life is more than meat,.... What in Matthew is put by way of question, is here strongly affirmed; and these words contain a reason or argument to dissuade from an anxious, distressing thought and care about the necessaries, conveniencies, and comforts of life: and all the Oriental versions read, "for", or "seeing the life is more than meat"; that is, it is more excellent and valuable in its own nature, being that for the support of which meat is provided; and seeing God is the author and giver of life, it need not be doubted but he will give meat for the maintenance and continuance of it, so long as is his pleasure it should subsist.

And the body is more than raiment; it is of more worth than the richest clothing that can be had; the finest piece of embroidery is not comparable to the curious workmanship of the body,

Psalms 139:15 and he that has so curiously wrought that, will not fail to provide suitable and proper clothing for it; and therefore there ought to be no anxiety on this account; Psalms 139:15- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 6:25-33.