(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. {alms: or, righteousness} {of your: or, with your}

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and {to} my God, and your God.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

[A Psalm of David.] The LORD {is} my shepherd; I shall not want.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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

O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for {there is} no want to them that fear him.

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. {meat: Heb. prey}

And when the children of Israel saw {it}, they said one to another, It {is} manna: for they wist not what it {was}. And Moses said unto them, This {is} the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. {It is...: or, What is this? or, It is a portion}

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. {direct: or, guide}

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: