Luke 12:27 (WEB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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?

Luke 12:29 Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consider", "lilies", "grow", "toil", "neither", "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 "If then you aren t able to..." into verse 28's "But if this is how God clothes...", 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.