Matthew 6:8

Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

7But when you pray, do not babble like the heathen, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

9Therefore pray in this manner: 1 Our Father in heaven, 1 Hallowed be Your name. 1

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Cross References

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

John 16:23And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you 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 →

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