23The life is more than food, and the body is more than raiment.


In Context

20 But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then 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 anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

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

24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap: which neither have store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them: How much more are ye better than the fowls?

25 And which of you by solicitude can add to his stature one cubit?

Luke 12:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23The life is more than meat, and the body [is more] than raiment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:23The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:23For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:23For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:23the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.