American Standard Version
"And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life? "
— Luke 12:25, American Standard Version
“And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?”
“Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?”
“And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?”
“And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?”
“And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?”
“And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?”
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?
If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?
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.
But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?