Luke 12:22–40

Luke 12:22–402 matched frames

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat;
- B 22b neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
A' 23a The life is more than meat,
- B' 23b and the body is more than raiment.

2A. 24a Consider the ravens:
- 2B. 24b they neither sow nor reap;
  - 2C. 24c which neither have storehouse nor barn;
- 2B'. 24d and God feedeth them:
2A'. 24e how much more are ye better than the fowls?

3A. 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
- 3B. 26a If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,
3A'. 26b why take ye thought for the rest?

4A. 27a Consider the lilies how they grow:
- 4B. 27b they toil not, they spin not;
4A'. 27c and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

5A. 28a If then God so clothe the grass,
- 5B. 28b which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven;
5A'. 28c how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

6A. 29a And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
- 6B. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after:
6A'. 30b and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

7A. 31a But rather seek ye the kingdom of God;
- 7B. 31b and all these things shall be added unto you.
7A'. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

8A. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,
- 8B. 33b where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
8A'. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

9A. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- 9B. 36a And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding;
  - 9C. 36b that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
- 9B'. 37a Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching:
9A'. 37b verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

10A. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- 10B. 39a And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come,
  - 10C. 39b he would have watched,
- 10B'. 39c and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
10A'. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.