Matthew 6:8
Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Pray ye therefore this way: Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name.
Cross References
Psalms 38:9LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.
John 16:23And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, that as many things as ye may ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:6-9
The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they… Read the whole commentary →