For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;
But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
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