Matthew 6:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

“When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:7

With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words; but fear God.

Matthew 18:17

If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.”

Matthew 26:42

Again he went away for the second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.

Matthew 6:32

For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Acts 19:34

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