Luke 12:23 (YLT)

Passage

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:21 so <FI>is<Fi> he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

Luke 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

Luke 12:23 the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

Luke 12:24 `Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

Luke 12:25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "life", "than", "nourishment", "body", and "clothing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "life" and "than", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And he said unto his disciples Because..." into verse 24's "Consider the ravens that they sow not...", so "life" and "than" 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 "life" and "than" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.