Luke 12:27

27Considerκατανοήσατεtheτὰliliesκρίναhowπῶςgrowαὐξάνει·neitherοὐtoilκοπιᾷnorοὐδὲdo they laborνήθει·I sayλέγωhoweverδὲto youὑμῖν,not evenοὐδὲSolomonΣολομὼνinἐνallπάσῃtheτῇgloryδόξῃof himαὐτοῦwas arrayedπεριεβάλετοasὡςoneἓνof theseτούτων.

Consider the lilies, how they grow: They do not labor, nor do they spin. Yet I say to you⁺, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

Vocab difficulty

84.5

Rare words

  • κρίνα

    κρίνον

    a lily growing wild, variously identified with the red anemone, the whole lily, the sword lily.

  • νήθει

    νήθω

    I spin.