²⁴ Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and ^(A)God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?

³¹ Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

⁷ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Elijah Proclaims a Drought

17 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the ^(A)inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(B)“As the Lord God of Israel lives, ^(C)before whom I stand, ^(D)there shall not be dew nor rain ^(E)these years, except at my word.”

² Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ³ “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. ⁴ And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ^(F)ravens to feed you there.”

⁵ So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. ⁶ The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

³⁰ For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father ^(A)knows that you need these things. ^31 (B)But seek ^[a]the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

³² “Do not fear, little flock, for ^(C)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.