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Matthew 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

KJV

πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ἔθνη ἐπιζητοῦσιν· οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων ἁπάντων.

Greek NT

hæc enim omnia gentes inquirunt. Scit enim Pater vester, quia his omnibus indigetis.

Vulgate

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

ASV

For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
οὐράνιος
ouranios
adjective · 9×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χρῄζω
chrezo
verb · 5×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἐπιζητέω
epizeteo
verb · 13×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐπιζητοῦσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπιζητοῦσιν | RP: ἐπιζητεῖ
  • ἐπιζητοῦσιν — SBLGNT
  • ἐπιζητοῦσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπιζητεῖ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§270God is the Father Almighty, whose fatherhood and power shed light on one another: God reveals his fatherly omnipotence by the way he takes care of our needs; by the filial adoption that he gives us ("I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty"):109 finally by his infinite mercy, for he displays his power at its height by freely for…
§305Jesus asks for childlike abandonment to the providence of our heavenly Father who takes care of his children's smallest needs: "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?". . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well."167 Providence an…
§2547The Lord grieves over the rich, because they find their consolation in the abundance of goods.340 "Let the proud seek and love earthly kingdoms, but blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."341 Abandonment to the providence of the Father in heaven frees us from anxiety about tomorrow.342 Trust in God is a preparation for the blessedness of the poor. T…
…and 1 more from this source.
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Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:11 — Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
  • 1Thess 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
  • 1Tim 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Eph 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Luke 11:11 — If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
  • Luke 11:13 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
  • Luke 12:30 — For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
  • Luke 12:30 — For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
  • Mark 8:2 — I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
  • Matt 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.
  • Matt 6:8 — Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
  • Matt 6:8 — Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
  • Matt 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
  • Matt 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, le
  • Matt 20:25 — But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
  • Matt 23:9 — And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
  • Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
  • Ps 34:10 — The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
  • Ps 37:18 — The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
  • Ps 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
  • Ps 103:13 — Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
  • Ps 132:15 — I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.