Luke 12:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.”

Luke 12:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Luke 12:23 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Luke 12:23 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Luke 12:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.”

Luke 12:23 — World English Bible

Luke 12:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.”

Luke 12:23 — American Standard Version

Luke 12:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.”

Luke 12:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Luke 12:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.”

Luke 12:23 — Darby Translation

Luke 12:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.”

Luke 12:23 — Geneva Bible

Luke 12:23 in Context — Luke 12

21 Así es el que hace para sí tesoro, y no es rico en Dios.

22 Y dijo á sus discípulos: Por tanto os digo: No estéis afanosos de vuestra vida, qué comeréis; ni del cuerpo, qué vestiréis.

23 La vida más es que la comida, y el cuerpo que el vestido.

24 Considerad los cuervos, que ni siembran, ni siegan; que ni tienen cillero, ni alfolí; y Dios los alimenta. ¿Cuánto de más estima sois vosotros que las aves?

25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá con afán añadir á su estatura un codo?

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What Does Luke 12:23 Mean?

Luke 12:23 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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