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Luke 12:28

NETBible	And if¹ this is how God clothes the wild grass,² which is here³ today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven,⁴ how much more⁵ will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
NIV © biblegateway Luk 12:28	If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
NASB © biblegateway Luk 12:28	"But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!
NLT © biblegateway Luk 12:28	And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!
MSG © biblegateway Luk 12:28	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?
BBE © SABDAweb Luk 12:28	But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?
NRSV © bibleoremus Luk 12:28	But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!
NKJV © biblegateway Luk 12:28	"If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
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KJV	If <1487> then <1161> God <2316> so <3779> clothe <294> (5719) the grass <5528>_, which <5607> (5752) is to day <4594> in <1722> the field <68>_, and <2532> to morrow <839> is cast <906> (5746) into <1519> the oven <2823>_; how much <4214> more <3123> [will he clothe] you <5209>_, O ye of little faith <3640>_?
NASB © biblegateway Luk 12:28	"But if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> clothes <292> the grass <5528> in the field <68> , which is alive today <4594> and tomorrow <839> is thrown <906> into the furnace <2823> , how <4214> much <4214> more <3123> will He clothe you? You men <3640> of little <3640> faith <3640> !
NET [draft] ITL	And <1161> if <1487> this is how God <2316> clothes <294> the wild <68> grass <5528> , which is <1510> here today <4594> and <2532> tomorrow <839> is tossed <906> into <1519> the fire to heat the oven <2823> , how much <4214> more <3123> will he <2316> clothe <294> you, you people <5209> of little faith <3640> !
GREEK	ei <1487> COND de <1161> CONJ en <1722> PREP agrw <68> N-DSM ton <3588> T-ASM corton <5528> N-ASM onta <1510> (5752) V-PXP-ASM shmeron <4594> ADV kai <2532> CONJ aurion <839> ADV eiv <1519> PREP klibanon <2823> N-ASM ballomenon <906> (5746) V-PPP-ASM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM outwv <3779> ADV amfiezei <294> (5719) V-PAI-3S posw <4214> Q-DSN mallon <3123> ADV umav <5209> P-2AP oligopistoi <3640> A-VPM

NETBible

And if¹ this is how God clothes the wild grass,² which is here³ today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven,⁴ how much more⁵ will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

NET Notes

¹tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

²tn Grk “grass in the field.”

³tn Grk “which is in the field today.”

⁴tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.

⁴sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass.

⁵sn The phrase how much more is a typical form of rabbinic argumentation, from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the little things, surely he will care for the more important things.