Matthew 6:8

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Text-Critical English 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

7“And when you pray, do not babble on repetitiously like the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their use of many words.

9Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be yoʋr name.

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Cross References

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

John 16:23In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you 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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