Consider the Ravens

22Then he said to his disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will wear.”

23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

25And which of you, by worrying, is able to add a cubit to his lifespan?

26If, then, you are not able to do even the smallest thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not labor or spin; yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

28But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!

29And you, do not seek what you may eat and what you may drink, and do not be unsettled.

30For all these things the nations of the world seek, but your Father knows that you need these things.

31But seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

32Do not fear, little flock, because your Father was pleased to give you the kingdom.

33Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

35Let your waists be girded and your lamps burning,

36And you, be like men waiting for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him at once.

37Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he comes, will find staying awake. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table, and he will come and serve them.

38Even if he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants.

39But know this: if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.