30 For (A)all the nations of the world seek after these things, and (B)your Father knows that you need them.

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30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(A) knows that you need them.(B)

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32 For (A)the Gentiles seek after all these things, and (B)your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

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32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.(A)

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Do not be like them, (A)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

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Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need(A) before you ask him.

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The New Life

17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds.

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Instructions for Christian Living

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer(A) live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.(B)

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32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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14 So (A)it is not the will of my[a] Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:14 Some manuscripts your

14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

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20 (A)For it is not you who speak, but (B)the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

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20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(A) speaking through you.

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(A)so as to live for (B)the rest of the time in the flesh (C)no longer for human passions but (D)for the will of God. For the time that is past (E)suffices (F)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (G)debauchery, and (H)they malign you;

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As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past(B) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(C) They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(D)

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not in (A)the passion of lust (B)like the Gentiles (C)who do not know God;

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not in passionate lust(A) like the pagans,(B) who do not know God;(C)

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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to (A)my brothers and say to them, (B)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to (C)my God and your God.’”

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17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(A) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(B) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

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Giving to the Needy

“Beware of (A)practicing your righteousness before other people in order (B)to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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Giving to the Needy

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.(A) If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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47 And if you greet only your brothers,[a] what more are you doing than others? Do not even (A)the Gentiles do the same?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:47 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

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