Luke 12:22–23

Exhortation Not to Worry

12:22 Then52 Jesus53 said to his54 disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry55 about your56 life, what you will eat, or about your57 body, what you will wear. 12:23 For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.

52	tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Jesus’ remarks to the disciples are an application of the point made in the previous parable.
53	tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
54	tc αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) is lacking in 𝔓45vid,75 B 1241 c e. Although the addition of clarifying pronouns is a known scribal alteration, in this case it is probably better to view the dropping of the pronoun as the alteration in light of its minimal attestation.
55	tn Or “do not be anxious.”
56	tc Most mss (𝔓45 Ψ 070 f13 33 𝔐) supply the pronoun ὑμῶν (humōn, “your”) here, although several important and early witnesses omit it (𝔓75 א A B D L Q W Θ f1 700 2542 al lat). Externally, the shorter reading is superior. Internally, the pronoun looks to be a scribal clarification. In context the article can be translated as a possessive pronoun anyway (ExSyn 215), as it has been done for this translation.
57	tc Some mss (B 070 f13 33 1424 al) supply the pronoun ὑμῶν (humōn, “your”) here, although the witnesses for the omission are early, important, and varied (𝔓45vid,75 א A D L Q W Θ Ψ f1 𝔐 lat). See previous tc note for more discussion.