Also when ye pray, use no [a]vain repetitions as the Heathen: for they think to be heard for their much babbling.

Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye have need, before ye ask of him.

[b]After this manner therefore pray ye, (A)Our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:7 Long prayers are not condemned, but vain needless, and superstitious.
  2. Matthew 6:9 A true sum and form of all Christian prayers.

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