Matthew 6:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

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  • Matt 6:32 : 32 for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;
  • Ps 38:9 : 9 Lord, before Thee `is' all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
  • John 16:23-27 : 23 and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you; 24 till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 `These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you. 26 `In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you, 27 for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;
  • Ps 69:17-19 : 17 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me. 18 Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. 19 Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee `are' all mine adversaries.

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  • Matt 6:9-15
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    86%

    9thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

    10`Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

    11`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

    12`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

    13`And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

    14`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who `is' in the heavens;

    15but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  • Matt 6:1-7
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    85%

    1`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;

    2whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

    3`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

    4that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

    5`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

    6`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

    7`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

  • Matt 6:31-34
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    31therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

    32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

    33but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

    34Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day `is' the evil of it.

  • Luke 12:29-31
    3 verses
    82%

    29`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

    30for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

    31but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

  • Matt 7:9-11
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    9`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

    10and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

    11if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who `is' in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

  • Luke 11:1-4
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    1And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

    2And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

    3our appointed bread be giving us daily;

    4and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

  • Matt 6:25-26
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    75%

    25`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

    26look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

  • Matt 6:18-19
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    18that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who `is' in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

  • Luke 6:36
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    36be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

  • Matt 5:48
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    48ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who `is' in the heavens is perfect.

  • John 16:26
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    26`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    25`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

    26and, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'

  • Luke 11:9
    73%

    9and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

  • Matt 23:9
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    9and ye may not call `any' your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

  • Matt 7:6-7
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    6`Ye may not give that which is `holy' to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

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  • Luke 11:13
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    13If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

  • Luke 6:30-31
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    30`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

    31and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

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    11`And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

  • Phil 4:6
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    6for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

  • Luke 22:40
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    40and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.'

  • Matt 10:20
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    20for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

  • John 8:19
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    19They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'