Luke 12:26

26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Luke 12:26 in Other Translations

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?

26 And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?

26 If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all?

26 If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?

26 If you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things?

26 If then you're not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest?

26 You can't do that very little thing. So why worry about the rest?

Luke 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:26

If ye then be not able to do that which is least
As to make the smallest addition to a man's stature, or rather to add one moment to his days:

why take ye thought for the rest?
which are much greater, as to preserve the body in its whole bulk, and all its parts, or for the feeding and clothing of it, or rather for the continuation and preservation of life to any length of time; for if it cannot be by all a man's care and solicitude lengthened out one moment longer than is the pleasure of God, how should it be by such anxiety continued for months and years?

Luke 12:26 In-Context

24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?

26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!