Luke 12:28 (WEB)

Passage

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?

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 12:30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "clothes", "grass", "field", "today", "exists", "tomorrow", and "cast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "clothes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Consider the lilies how they grow They..." into verse 29's "Don t seek what you will eat...", so "faith" and "clothes" 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 "faith" and "clothes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.