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Matthew 6:8

Matthew 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Be not ye therefore like unto them,..... Do not be imitators of them, and follow their ways, who have only the dim light of nature to guide them; it would be shameful in you to do as they do, when you…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 6:5-8

In prayer we have more immediately to do with God than in giving alms, and therefore are yet more concerned to be sincere, which is what we are here directed to. When thou prayest (Mat 6:5). It is…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

for your Father knoweth … before ye ask him Our Father knows our wants, still we are bound to express them. Why? because this is a proof of our faith and dependence upon God, which are the conditions…

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