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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. |
And when you pray, do not use vain repetions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. |
“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. |
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And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. |
And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. |
Moreover, when praying, do not repeat the same thing over and over as the pagans do, for they think that they will be heard because of their multiplicity of words. |
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And when you pray, don’t rattle off long prayers like the pagans who think they will be heard because they use so many words. |
And whenever you pray, you must not keep on repeating set phrases, as the heathen do, for they suppose that they will be heard in accordance with the length of their prayers. |
But 1161 when ye pray, 4336 use not 3361 vain repetitions, 945 as 5618 the 3588 heathen 1482 do: for 1063 they think 1380 that 3754 they shall be heard 1522 for 1722 their 848 much speaking. 4180 |
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