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Matthew 6:7

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7When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.w

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Cross references

  1. w1Kg 18:26; Ec 5:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

NLTNew Living Translation

“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But when you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.

KJV 1900King James Version

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