Matthew 6:8

Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

9Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:9I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly : I roared with the groaning of my heart.

Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

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