25 And which of you by[a] being anxious is able to add an hour[b] to his life span? 26 If then you are not even able to do a very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil or spin, but I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:25 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“being anxious”) which is understood as means
  2. Luke 12:25 Or “a cubit” (the literal meaning); most scholars understand this to refer figuratively to an “hour” of life here, though some take it as a literal measurement of height