Luke 12:27

New International Version

²⁷“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor^(A) was dressed like one of these.

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Luke 12:27-28

The Message

^25-28“Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?

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Luke 12:27

Amplified Bible

²⁷Consider the lilies and wildflowers, how they grow [in the open field]. They neither labor nor spin [wool to make clothing]; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these.^(A)

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Luke 12:27

New Living Translation

²⁷“Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

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Luke 12:27

New King James Version

²⁷Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even ^(A)Solomon in all his glory was not ^[a]arrayed like one of these.

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