Matthew 6:8

Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.

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In The King James Version

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

In Context

7And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.

9Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:9Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.

Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.

John 16:23And, in that day, you will not petition me for anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to 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 →

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