King James Version
Read in contextBut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.