Luke 12:30

For all the [pagan] nations of the world greedily seek these things; and your [heavenly] Father [already] knows that you need them.

Matthew 6:8

So do not be like them [praying as they do]; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Matthew 6:32

For the [pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet only your brothers [wishing them God’s blessing and peace], what more [than others] are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles [who do not know the Lord] do that?

Matthew 6:1

“Be [very] careful not to do your good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 10:20

for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 18:14

So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid and anxious, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls],

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will;

1 Peter 4:2-4

so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.

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