For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
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Gill's Exposition
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after,.... That is, the Gentiles, as in Mat 6:32 who are frequently, in the Jewish writings, called, in distinction from the Jews, , "the nations…
Adam Clarke
The nations of the world seek after - Or, earnestly seek, επιζητει from επι above, over, and ζητεω, I seek; to seek one thing after another, to be continually and eagerly coveting. This is the…
Our Lord Jesus is here inculcating some needful useful lessons upon his disciples, which he had before taught them, and had occasion afterwards to press upon them; for they need to have precept upon…
Cambridge Bible
the nations of the world But you have not the same excuse that the heathen have for over-anxiety about transient needs.
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