²⁴ Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.^(A) And how much more valuable you are than birds!

³¹ So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.^(A)

⁷ Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.^(A) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.^(B)

Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah^(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe^[a] in Gilead,^(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain^(C) in the next few years except at my word.”

Elijah Fed by Ravens

² Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: ³ “Leave here, turn eastward and hide^(D) in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. ⁴ You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens^(E) to supply you with food there.”

⁵ So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. ⁶ The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning^(F) and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

³⁰ For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father^(A) knows that you need them.^{(B) 31} But seek his kingdom,^(C) and these things will be given to you as well.^(D)

³² “Do not be afraid,^(E) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.^(F)