Matthew 6:7

New Living Translation

“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead.

Matthew 18:17

If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.

Matthew 26:39

He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Matthew 26:42

Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again.

Matthew 6:32

These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.

Acts 19:34

But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”