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Matthew 6:8–9

Do not be like them, efor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. fPray then like this:

gOur Father in heaven,

hhallowed be iyour name.1

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Matthew 6:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

This, then, is how you should pray:

“ ‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

Matthew 6:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 6:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,

may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name.

Matthew 6:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him. So when you pray, you should pray like this:

‘Our Father in heaven,

may your name always be kept holy.

Matthew 6:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 6:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg anything of him.

Thus therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

Matthew 6:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Don’t be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 

“This is how you should pray: 

Our Father in heaven, 

let your name be kept holy. 

Matthew 6:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.

Therefore, you should pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,

Your name be honored as holy.

Matthew 6:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Pray then in this way:

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Matthew 6:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Therefore you pray in this way:

“Our Father who is in heaven,

may your name be treated as holy.

Matthew 6:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need even before you ask him.

“This is how you should pray.

“ ‘Our Father in heaven,

may your name be honored.

Matthew 6:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Pray, then, in this way:

Our Father who is in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name.


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