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What the Fathers say

Luke 12:26

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

And if you cannot add even the least thing, why do you worry about the rest? It is obvious that just as God grants growth in stature, so too will He provide the rest.

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Western Saints

Bonaventure

Therefore he adds: If therefore you cannot do even the least thing, why are you anxious about the rest? As if to say: in vain and foolishly. Bede: "Leave the clothing of the body to him who made it reach this measure." Nevertheless, this argument does not seem to hold, because, although it is not necessary to be anxious about growth, we can nevertheless, and ought to be, anxious about nourishment. …

Commentary on Luke, Chapter 12 ↗