Matthew 6:7 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁷ “And when you pray, do not babble on repetitiously like the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their use of many words.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Common English Bible

⁷ “When you pray, don’t pour out a flood of empty words, as the Gentiles do. They think that by saying many words they’ll be heard.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

Matthew 6:7 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Matthew 26:39

And going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as yoʋ will.”

Matthew 26:42

Again, he went away for a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass from me unless I drink it, may yoʋr will be done.”

Matthew 26:44

So he left them and went away again and prayed for a third time, saying the same thing.

Matthew 6:32

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

Acts 19:34

But when they realized he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”