King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 6:8
“‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 6
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 think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›
8
‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›
9
‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›
10
‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.›
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