Matthew 6:32

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

In Context

31"Then do not be anxious,saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’"

33"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:46"For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you?

Matthew 20:25but Jesus called them to him and said. "You know how the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Luke 12:30"For all these things the nations of the world are seeking; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

1 Thessalonians 4:5Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles who know not God.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 6:26-34

The Sermon on the Mount. 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider… Read the whole commentary →

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