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A Believer's Distinction
Commentators note the emphasis on "ye" (you), distinguishing believers from "the nations of the world." While the world anxiously pursues daily needs, Christians are called to a higher purpose. To live consumed by the same worries is to forget one's identity as a child of a loving, providing Father.
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Luke
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AT Robertson
On Luke 12:29
Seek not ye (υμεις μη ζητειτε). Note emphatic position of "ye" (υμεις). Stop seeking (μη and present imperative active).[Reference…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 12:27–31
19th Century
Bishop
Consider the lilies how they grow. See Notes on Matthew 6:28-33.
There are, however, some noticeable variations, such as:
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 12:26–29
19th Century
Preacher
Why do you take thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they do not toil, they do not spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 12:29
Jesus repeats the prohibition against worry (cf. v.22), though a different verb is used (lit., it means “be in suspense” or “be up in the air”).
John Calvin
On Luke 12:29
16th Century
Theologian
And be not lifted on high.460 This clause corresponds to the last sentence in the passage taken from Matthew, Be not anxiou…
John Gill
On Luke 12:29
17th Century
Pastor
And seek not what you are to eat, or what you are to drink ,
&c.] That is, in an anxious and distressing manner, wit…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 12:22–40
17th Century
Minister
Christ strongly emphasized this caution not to give way to unsettling, perplexing worries (Matthew 6:25���34). The arguments used here …