Matthew 6:7 - Easy To Read Version

⁷ “And when you pray, don’t be like those people that don’t know God. They continue saying things that mean nothing. Don’t pray like that. They think that God will hear them because of the many things they say.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Common English Bible

⁷ “When you pray, don’t pour out a flood of empty words, as the Gentiles do. They think that by saying many words they’ll be heard.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

Matthew 6:7 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:7

You should not let your useless dreams and bragging \{bring you trouble\}. You should respect God.

Matthew 18:17

If that person refuses to listen to them, then tell the church (group of believers). If that person refuses to listen to the church, then treat him like he is a person that does not believe in God. Treat him like he is a tax collector. {\cf2\super [254]}

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus walked a little farther away from them. Jesus fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t give me this cup {\cf2\super [406]} \{of suffering\}. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Matthew 26:42

Then Jesus went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this \{painful\} thing to be taken from me, and if I must do it, then I pray that what you want will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So Jesus left them and went away one more time and prayed. This third time he prayed, he said the same thing.

Matthew 6:32

All the people that don’t know God try to get these things. Don’t worry, because your Father in heaven knows that you need these things.

Acts 19:34

But when the people saw that Alexander was a Jew, they all began shouting the same thing. They continued shouting for two hours. The people said, “Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis …!”