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Luke 12:23
The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment.
Luke 12:23 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 12:23 in other translations
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
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In context
20 But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God.
22 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on.
23 The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the raiment.
24 Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?
25 And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?
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