Luke 12:23

THE MESSAGE

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it.

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

²²He continued this subject with his disciples. "Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more. ²⁵"Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? ²⁹"What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out. You're my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. ³³"Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can't go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It's obvious, isn't it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. ³⁵"Keep your shirts on; keep the lights on! Be like house servants waiting for their master to come back from his honeymoon, awake and ready to open the door when he arrives and knocks. Lucky the servants whom the master finds on watch! He'll put on an apron, sit them at the table, and serve them a meal, sharing his wedding feast with them. It doesn't matter what time of the night he arrives; they're awake—and so blessed! ³⁹"You know that if the house owner had known what night the burglar was coming, he wouldn't have stayed out late and left the place unlocked. So don't you be slovenly and careless. Just when you don't expect him, the Son of Man will show up."

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.