Matthew 6:8

Don't be like them, for your Father knows what you need 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

7When you pray, don't babble on meaninglessly like the foreigners do, who think they will be heard because of all the words they repeat.

9So pray like this: Our heavenly Father, may your name be honored.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:9Lord, you know what I desperately want, you hear every sigh I make.

Matthew 6:32These are all the things that the heathen chase after, but your heavenly Father knows everything you need.

John 16:23When that time comes you won't need to ask me about anything. I tell you the truth, the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

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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