Matthew 6:8

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

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 thou art praying, be not wordy, like the profane; for they think that in much speaking they are heard.

9Thus pray: Our Father who art in the heavens! be sanctified thy Name.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the people of the world inquire: but your Father who is in heaven knoweth that also by you are required these all.

John 16:23And in that day you will ask me nothing. Amen, amen, I tell you, That whatsoever you shall ask my 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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