Matthew 6:7 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁷ But when you pray, do not babble like the heathen, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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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

Matthew 18:17

But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the assembly. But if he refuses even to hear the assembly, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.

Matthew 26:39

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You [will]."

Matthew 26:42

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, let Your will be done."

Matthew 26:44

And leaving them, He went away again, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

Matthew 6:32

"For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Acts 19:34

But recognizing he was a Jew, there arose one voice from [them ]all, calling out for two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"