Luke 12:27 (LSB)

Passage

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:25 And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his life span?

Luke 12:26 Therefore, if you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?

Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Luke 12:28 But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You of little faith!

Luke 12:29 And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consider", "lilies", "grow", "neither", "toil", "spin", "tell", and "even". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consider" and "lilies", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Therefore if you cannot do even a..." into verse 28's "But if God so clothes the grass...", so "consider" and "lilies" 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 "consider" and "lilies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.