Matthew 6:8

be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

Young's Literal Translation

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

9thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 6:32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

John 16:23and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye 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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