Matthew 6:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ So, do not be like them, for your Father [already] knows what things you need, [even] before you ask Him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ Don’t be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.

Matthew 6:8 Cross References

Matthew 6:32

For these are the things that the [unconverted] Gentiles keep trying to get. But your heavenly Father [already] knows you need these things.

Luke 12:30

For all these things are what the [unconverted] nations of the world keep trying to get. But your Father [already] knows you need these things.

Philippians 4:6

Do not worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and [special] petition, along with thanksgivings, you should make your requests known to God.