Luke 12:26 (WEB)

Passage

If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

Nearby Context

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

Luke 12:25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

Luke 12:26 If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "aren", "able", "even", "least", "things", "anxious", and "rest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "aren" and "able", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Which of you by being anxious can..." into verse 27's "Consider the lilies how they grow They...", so "aren" and "able" 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 "aren" and "able" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.