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

⁸ Do not be like them, ^(A)for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

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

⁵ not in ^(A)the passion of lust ^(B)like the Gentiles ^(C)who do not know God;

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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.

¹¹ What father among you, if his son asks for^[a] a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; ¹² or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, ^(A)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ^(B)give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

²⁵ But Jesus called them to him and said, ^(A)“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles ^(B)lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ^26 (C)It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,^[a]