Do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying/لا تَطْلُبُوا مَا تَأْكُلُون، وَمَا تَشْرَبُون

لا تَطْلُبُوا مَا تَأْكُلُون، وَمَا تَشْرَبُون، وَلا تَقْلَقُوا، فَهذَا كُلُّهُ يَسْعَى إِلَيْهِ الوَثَنِيُّونَ في هذَا العَالَم، وَأَبُوكُم يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُم تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْه. بَلِ ٱطْلُبُوا مَلَكُوتَ الله، وَهذَا كُلُّهُ يُزَادُ لَكُم
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا12/من22حتى31/:””قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: «لا تَهْتَمُّوا لِنَفْسِكُم بِمَا تَأْكُلُون، وَلا لِجَسَدِكُم بِمَا تَلْبَسُون. فٱلنَّفْسُ أَهَمُّ مِنَ الطَّعَام، وَالجَسَدُ أَهَمُّ مِنَ اللِّبَاس. تَأَمَّلُوا الغِرْبَان، فَهيَ لا تَزْرَعُ وَلا تَحْصُد، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا مَخَازِنُ وَأَهْرَاء، وٱللهُ يَقُوتُها. فَكَمْ أَنْتُم بِالحَرِيِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الطُّيُور؟ وَمَنْ مِنْكُم، إِذَا ٱهْتَمَّ، يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُطِيلَ عُمْرَهُ مِقْدارَ ذِرَاع؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ القَلِيل، فَلِمَاذَا تَهْتَمُّونَ بِالبَاقِي؟ تَأَمَّلُوا الزَّنَابِقَ كَيْفَ تَنْمُو، وَهيَ لا تَغْزِلُ وَلا تَنْسُج، وَأَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ نَفْسَهُ، في كُلِّ مَجْدِهِ، لَمْ يَلْبَسْ كَوَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا. فَإِنْ كَانَ العُشْبُ الَّذي يُوجَدُ اليَومَ في الحَقْل، وَغَدًا يُطْرَحُ في التَّنُّور، يُلْبِسُهُ اللهُ هكذَا، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى أَنْتُم، يَا قَلِيلِي الإِيْمَان؟ فَأَنْتُم إِذًا، لا تَطْلُبُوا مَا تَأْكُلُون، وَمَا تَشْرَبُون، وَلا تَقْلَقُوا، فَهذَا كُلُّهُ يَسْعَى إِلَيْهِ الوَثَنِيُّونَ في هذَا العَالَم، وَأَبُوكُم يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُم تَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْه. بَلِ ٱطْلُبُوا مَلَكُوتَ الله، وَهذَا كُلُّهُ يُزَادُ لَكُم.”

وَجَدْتُ أَنَّهُم يَشْكُونَ بولس بِمَسَائِلَ تتَعَلَّقُ بِشَرِيعَتِهِم، وأَنَّهُ لا شَكْوَى عَلَيْهِ تَسْتَوْجِبُ ٱلمَوْتَ أَوِ ٱلقُيُود
سفر أعمال الرسل23/من23حتى35/:”يا إِخوَتِي : دَعَا قَائِدُ الأَلْفِ ٱثْنَيْنِ مِنْ قَادَةِ ٱلمِئَة، وقَالَ لَهُمَا: «أَعِدَّا لِلذَّهَابِ إِلى قَيْصَرِيَّة، مُنْذُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ٱلتَّاسِعَةِ لَيْلاً، مِئَتَي جُنْدِيّ، وَسَبْعِينَ فَارِسًا، وَمِئَتَي رَجُلٍ مِنْ حَامِلِي ٱلرِّمَاح. وأَعِدَّا أَيْضًا خَيْلاً تَحْمِلُ بُولُس، وتَصِلُ بِهِ سَالِمًا إِلى فِيلِكْسَ ٱلوَالي». ثُمَّ كَتَبَ رِسَالَةً هذَا نَصُّهَا: «مِنْ كلُوديُوسَ لِيسِيَاسَ إِلى فِيلِكْسَ ٱلوَالي ٱلشَّريفِ سَلام! كَانَ ٱليَهُودُ قَدْ قَبَضُوا عَلى هذَا ٱلرَّجُل، وأَوْشَكُوا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوه، فتَدَارَكْتُهُ بِٱلجُنُودِ وأَنْقَذْتُهُ، إِذْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ رُومَانِيّ. وأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ مَا يَشْكُونَهُ بِهِ، فأَحْضَرْتُهُ إِلى مَجْلِسِهِم. فوَجَدْتُ أَنَّهُم يَشْكُونَهُ بِمَسَائِلَ تتَعَلَّقُ بِشَرِيعَتِهِم، وأَنَّهُ لا شَكْوَى عَلَيْهِ تَسْتَوْجِبُ ٱلمَوْتَ أَوِ ٱلقُيُود. ثُمَّ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ بَعْضًا مِنْهُم يُعِدُّونَ مَكِيدَةً لِهذَا ٱلرَّجُل، فأَرْسَلْتُهُ إِلَيْك، وأَوْعَزْتُ إِلى الَّذِينَ يَشْكُونَهُ أَنْ يَعْرِضُوا أَمَامَكَ شَكْوَاهُم عَلَيْه. كُنْ مُعَافًى!.» ونَفَّذَ ٱلجُنُودُ مَا أُمِرُوا بِهِ، فَنَقَلُوا بُولُسَ لَيْلاً إِلى مَدينَةِ أَنْتِيبَتْرِيس. وفي ٱلغَد، تَرَكُوا ٱلفُرْسَانَ يَذْهَبُونَ مَعَ بُولُسَ إِلى قَيْصَرِيَّة، وهُمْ عَادُوا إِلى ٱلقَلْعَة. ودَخَلَ ٱلفُرْسَانُ قَيصَرِيَّة، فَسَلَّمُوا ٱلرِّسَالَةَ إِلى ٱلوالي، وأَحْضَرُوا بُولُسَ أَمَامَهُ. فقَرَأَ ٱلوَالي ٱلرِّسَالَة، ثَمَّ سَأَلَ مِنْ أَيِّ وِلايَةٍ هُوَ، فَعَلِمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ وِلايَةِ قِيلِيقِيَة، فقَالَ لَهُ: «سَأَسْتَمِعُ إِلَيْكَ عِنْدَمَا يَحْضُرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَشْكُونَكَ». وأَمَرَ بِحِرَاسَتِهِ في قَصْرِ هِيرُودُس.”

Do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 12/22-31/:”Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you you of little faith! And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.”

I found that Paul was accused concerning questions of their law, but was charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
Acts of the Apostles 23/23-35/:”Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, ‘Get ready to leave by nine o’clock tonight for Caesarea with two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen. Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and take him safely to Felix the governor.’He wrote a letter to this effect: ‘Claudius Lysias to his Excellency the governor Felix, greetings. This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, but when I had learned that he was a Roman citizen, I came with the guard and rescued him. Since I wanted to know the charge for which they accused him, I had him brought to their council. I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but was charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.’ So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him during the night to Antipatris. The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, while they returned to the barracks. When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. On reading the letter, he asked what province he belonged to, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia, he said, ‘I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive.’ Then he ordered that he be kept under guard in Herod’s headquarters.”