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Luke 12:24

Context
12:24 Consider the ravens: 1  They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds 2  them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Luke 12:27

Context
12:27 Consider how the flowers 3  grow; they do not work 4  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
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[12:24]  1 tn Or “crows.” Crows and ravens belong to the same family of birds. English uses “crow” as a general word for the family. Palestine has several indigenous members of the crow family.

[12:24]  2 tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”

[12:27]  3 tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

[12:27]  4 tn Traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English scans better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.



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