Matthew 6:8

therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows those things that you have need of before your asking Him;

Literal Standard Version

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—praying—you may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their speaking much they will be heard,

9therefore pray thus: Our Father who [is] in the heavens, hallowed be Your Name.

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Cross References

Psalms 38:9Lord, all my desire [is] before You, || And my sighing has not been hid from You.

Matthew 6:32For the nations seek for all these, for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these;

John 16:23and in that day you will question nothing of Me; truly, truly, I say to you, as many things as you may ask of 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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