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Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:32

In 9 translations

BSB
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
KJV
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
WEB
For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
ASV
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
LSV
For the nations seek for all these, for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these;
YLT
for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;
DBY
for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.
DRC
For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
GNV
(For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐπιζητοῦσιν (“seek after”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπιζητεῖ (“seeks after”).
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  • SBLGNT: ἐπιζητοῦσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐπιζητοῦσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπιζητεῖ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιζητοῦσιν· οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων.
RP2018
Πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιζητεῖ· οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων.
TR-Boyd
Πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιζητεῖ· οἶδε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων.
SCR1894
παντα γαρ ταυτα τα εθνη επιζητει οιδεν γαρ ο πατηρ υμων ο ουρανιος οτι χρηζετε τουτων απαντων

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  • Matthew 6:8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
  • Luke 12:30For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
  • Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  • Luke 11:11–13What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more…
  • Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  • Matthew 20:25–26But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become…
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
  • Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
  • Matthew 5:46–47If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

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