Matthew 6:7

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

But {G1161} when ye pray {G4336}, use {G945} not {G3361} vain repetitions {G945}, as {G5618} the heathen {G1482} do: for {G1063} they think {G1380} that {G3754} they shall be heard {G1522} for {G1722} their {G846} much speaking {G4180}.

"And when you pray, don't babble on and on like the pagans, who think God will hear them better if they talk a lot.

And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

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

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 5:2 (40 votes)

    Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:3 (40 votes)

    For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:7 (20 votes)

    For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.

  • 1 Kings 18:26 (13 votes)

    And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

  • 1 Kings 18:29 (13 votes)

    And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that [there was] neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

  • Matthew 26:44 (9 votes)

    And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

  • Matthew 6:32 (7 votes)

    (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.