Matthew 6:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 6:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 6:8 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 6:8 — KJV
“Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.”
— Matthew 6:8 (KJV)
Matthew 6:8 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 6:8
“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 6:8: therefore, things, before
“For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 6:8: father, knoweth, things
“(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. before him: or, like unto him”
Shares key themes with Matthew 6:8: like, father, things
“(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 6:8: father, knoweth, things
“And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 6:8: therefore, things, before
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