Matthew 6:8 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 6:8

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

KJV

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ASV

Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

WEB

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

YLT

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

DBT

Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

13 verses on the floor

Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Matthew 6:32
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Luke 12:30
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
John 16:23–27
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Psalms 38:9
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

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On this verse

Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Public places are not proper for private solemn prayer. What is the will of Jesus Christ in opposition to this. Humility and sincerity are the two great lessons that Christ teaches us;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Yet He will have His children pray to Him, and links all His promised supplies to their petitions for them; thus encouraging us to draw near and keep near to Him, to talk and walk with Him, to open our every case to Him, and assure ourselves that thus asking we shall receive--thus seeking we shall find--thus knocking it shall be opened to us.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

14 ), and do not say every thing that comes uppermost. What reasons are given against this. (1.) This is the way of the heathen, as the heathen do; and it ill becomes Christians to worship their God as the Gentiles worship theirs.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 6:8PHP 4:6 PRO 3:5-6
MAT 6:8PHP 4:6 1PE 5:7
MAT 6:8PHP 4:6 MAT 6:25-33
MAT 6:8PHP 4:6 PSA 55:22
MAT 6:8PHP 4:6 1TH 5:17-18
MAT 6:8MAT 6:32 EPH 4:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 6:8MAT 6:32 LUK 12:30
MAT 6:8MAT 6:32 LUK 11:11-13

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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