Luke 12:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 12:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 12:23 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 12:23 — KJV
“The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.”
— Luke 12:23 (KJV)
Luke 12:23 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 12:23
“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”
Shares key themes with Luke 12:23: life, more, than
“And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. me: Heb. my soul”
Shares key themes with Luke 12:23: life, more, than
“Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:”
Shares key themes with Luke 12:23: more, than, body
“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul”
Shares key themes with Luke 12:23: life, meat
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Luke 12:23: more, than
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