Matthew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Context
This verse from Matthew Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. The Sermon continues with teaching on hidden piety: give alms, pray, and fast in secret rather than before others. The Lord's Prayer is given. A section on not serving both God and money and not worrying about material needs since …
Other Translations
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
Cross References
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant …
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the …
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal …
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the …
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for …
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is …
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: …
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all …