Luke 12:28 
Context| NET © | And if 1 this is how God clothes the wild grass, 2 which is here 3 today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, 4 how much more 5 will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| NIV © | 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 © | "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 © | 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 © | 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 © | 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 © | 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 © | "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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| 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> |
| NET © | And if 1 this is how God clothes the wild grass, 2 which is here 3 today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, 4 how much more 5 will he clothe you, you people of little faith! |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text. 2 tn Grk “grass in the field.” 3 tn Grk “which is in the field today.” 4 tn 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. sn The oven was most likely a rounded clay oven used for baking bread, which was heated by burning wood and dried grass. 5 sn 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. |
