Matthew 6:7

New International Version

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.

Matthew 18:17

If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 26:39

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

Matthew 26:42

He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

Matthew 6:32

For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Acts 19:34

But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”