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

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

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

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if {he ask} a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}

But Jesus called them {unto him}, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

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

Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

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

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good {thing}.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

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

Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall {your} heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

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

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. {abundantly: or, surely}

Then Jesus called his disciples {unto him}, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; {uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches}

And he looked, and, behold, {there was} a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. {head: Heb. bolster}

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

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:

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. {a certain...: Heb. the portion of a day in his day}