Luke 12:30

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For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

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  • Matt 6:8 : 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Matt 10:20 : 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  • Matt 18:14 : 14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • Eph 4:17 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.
  • 1 Pet 4:2-4 : 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God. 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
  • 1 Thess 4:5 : 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'

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