Matthew 6:7

King James Version

⁷But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Matthew 6:7

English Standard Version

⁷“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^(A)the Gentiles do, for ^(B)they think that they will be heard ^(C)for their many words.

⁷“But when you^[a] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 6:7 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pray”) which is understood as temporal

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