These are all things that people in the world worry about, but your Father knows you need them.
For it isn't you who will speak but the Spirit of the Father will speak through you.
In the same way my heavenly Father does not want any of these little ones to be lost.
If you only speak kindly to your family, what more are you doing than anyone else? Even the heathen do that!
“Make sure not to do your good deeds in front of people, just so they can be seen. Otherwise you won't have any reward from your Father in heaven.
These are all the things that the heathen chase after, but your heavenly Father knows everything you need.
Don't be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him.
Don't be concerned about what you're going to eat or drink—don't worry about it.
Search for God's kingdom, and you'll be given these things as well.
Don't be afraid, little flock, for your Father is happy to give you the kingdom.
“Don't hold onto me,” Jesus said to her, “for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.”
So let me say this to you—in fact I insist on it in the Lord—that you should no longer live like the foreigners do, in their empty-headed way.
not indulging passionate lust like the heathen who have no knowledge of God.