Luke 12:29 (WEB)

Passage

Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Nearby Context

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.

Luke 12:31 But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seek", "drink", "neither", and "anxious". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seek" and "drink", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "But if this is how God clothes..." into verse 30's "For the nations of the world seek...", so "seek" and "drink" 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 "drink" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.