KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 12:25–26
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Luke 12:25
25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
25And which of you with taking thought can adde to his stature one cubite?
Luke 12:26
26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
26If yee then bee not able to doe that thing which is least, why take yee thought for the rest?
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 12:25
Laying hold of, receiving, seizing, capturing, accepting, or choosing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Anxiety or excessive care; 'take thought' means to be anxious.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The natural height or size of a person or body; also maturity or standing.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Luke 12:26
Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Smallest or lowest in size, degree, rank, or importance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Anxiety or excessive care; 'take thought' means to be anxious.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 25
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Open the full verse study27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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Open the full verse study36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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Open the full verse study3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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Open the full verse study13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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Open the full verse study6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Open the full verse study29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
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