Luke 12:31

Instead, pursue ¹  his ²  kingdom, ³  and these things will be given to you as well.

1Ki 3:11-13; Ps 34:9; Ps 37:3,19,25; Ps 84:11; Isa 33:16; Mt 6:33; Lu 10:42; Joh 6:27; Ro 8:31; 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:5

¹ tn Grk “seek,” but in the sense of the previous verses.

² tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ A D¹ Q W Θ 070 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy) read τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou, “of God”) instead of αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”; found in א B D* L Ψ 579 892 pc co). But such a clarifying reading is suspect. αὐτοῦ is superior on both internal and external grounds. Ì⁷⁵ includes neither and as such would support the translation above since the article alone can often be translated as a possessive pronoun.

³ sn His (that is, God’s) kingdom is a major theme of Jesus. It is a realm in which Jesus rules and to which those who trust him belong. See Luke 6:20; 11:20; 17:20-21.