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Luke 12:26

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

KJV

εἰ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐλάχιστον δύνασθε, τί περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μεριμνᾶτε;

Greek NT

Si ergo neque quod minimum est potestis, quid de ceteris solliciti estis ?

Vulgate

If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?

ASV

If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
λοιποί
loipoi
adjective · 54×
μεριμνάω
merimnao
verb · 19×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐλάχιστος
elachistos
adjective · 13×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐδὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐδὲ | RP: οὐτὲ
  • οὐδὲSBLGNT
  • οὐδὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὐτὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • Eccl 7:13 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
  • Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.