Matthew 6:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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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.

Matthew 6:8 Cross References

Matthew 6:32

For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Luke 12:30

For it is the nations of the world that seek all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Psalm 38:9

O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.