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Matthew 6:8

Therefore, be not like them; for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before ye ask him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 ye pray, be not garrulous like the heathen; for they expect to be heard for their abundance of words.

9In this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name:

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Cross References

Matthew 6:32For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.

John 16:23And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to 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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