Luke 12:29 (DBY)

Passage

And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

Nearby Context

Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

Luke 12:28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 12:29 And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

Luke 12:30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

Luke 12:31 but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seek", "shall", "drink", and "anxiety". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seek" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "But if God thus clothe the grass..." into verse 30's "for all these things do the nations...", so "seek" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seek" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.