For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.
Don’t keep striving for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious.
“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father — to My God and your God.”
Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.
not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who don’t know God.