Matthew 6:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.”
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“For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 6:32 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 19:6And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
- Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- Matthew 5:46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
- Matthew 6:8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
- Luke 11:11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- Luke 12:30For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
- Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
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