Luke 12:26
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
Cross-reference
Luke 12:29
Parallel
Luke 12:29 reinforces the command not to worry—'do not be worried'—applying the logic of verse 26.
1 Peter 5:7
Contrast
1 Peter 5:7 directly exhorts casting anxieties on God—the positive response to the futility of worry described here.
Matthew 6:25
Parallel
Matthew 6:25 begins the parallel passage on anxiety—'do not be anxious'—reinforcing the same lesson.
Matthew 6:27
Parallel
Matthew 6:27 uses nearly identical wording about adding a cubit—a direct parallel to the logic here.