8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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. …
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 (Matt. 6:5). It is taken for granted that all the disciples of Christ pray . As soon as ever Paul was converted, behold he prayeth . You may as soon find a living man that does not breathe, as a living Christian that d…
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