Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Luke 12:27

"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." — Luke 12:27 (ASV)

Jesus gives two final examples of the lesser to greater argument. He contrasts (1) the grandeur of Solomon, who could afford the finest clothing, to common flowers, which can do nothing toward making clothes; and (2) the limited life-span of flowers to the (implied) eternal life that lies before the disciples. God’s meticulous and lavish care for mere perishing flowers assures us of his unfailing care for his own people. In view of this, the disciples’ “little faith” is all the more shameful.