Matthew 6:7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Use not vain repetitions - The original word here is supposed to be derived from the name of a Greek poet, who made long and weary verses, declar...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But when ye pray, use not (c) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. (c) Long praye...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. M...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

use not vain repetitions . repeat not the same things over and over; explained in last clause. Greek. battologeo. Occurs only here. heathen . Ge...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Use not vain repetitions He reproves another fault in prayer, a multiplicity of words. There are two words used, but in the same sense: f...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1312 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER Matthew 6:5-8 . And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pr...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Use not vain repeti...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions— The original word βαττολογησητε, is derived from one Battus, who was a great babbler. (see Ovid's Met...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. But when ye p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Maxims for prayer, and the Lord's Prayer . Perhaps the most significant v. of this section is Matthew 6:8 , 'Your Father knoweth what things ye hav...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Use not vain repetitions ] Our Lord reproves not repetitions, but vain repetitions. In the agony in the garden He Himself prayed three times in th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Use not vain repetitions. — The Greek word has a force but feebly rendered in the English. Formed from a word which reproduces the repeated attempt...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Secret Giving and Secret Praying Matthew 6:1-8 First we have the general proposition that righteousness, that is, one's religious duties, shoul...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Here the LORD speaks of prayer, and whic...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions ,.... Saying the same things over and over again, as the Heathens do , as the worshippers of Baal, from...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Ver. 7. But wh...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When ye pray, use not vain repetitions A multiplicity of words without meaning, or uttered without seriousness, reverence for God, sincerity, or fa...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we ex...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocr...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount Part 2. Seven Warnings Against False Behaviour, Each Accompanied by The Command To Take Action In The Opposite Direction,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Religious Exercises Are To Be Known Only To The Father And Not To Men (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the firs...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And in praying do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do, For they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.” In praying they a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

How Not To Pray (6:7-9a). Having gone quietly and secretly into a private room the next question was as to what kind of praying to avoid. The poin...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:1 . Alms .— Righteousness (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 6:5-9 I. "When thou prayest," the Lord says, "thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues an...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. O...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. T...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 6:5 . And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners o...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had...
The Biblical Illustrator

But when ye pray. Prayer forbidden I. Let us endeavour to explain the nature of the evils here forbidden. 1. Vain repetitions. 2. Much sp...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , n...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A lesson in regard to the form of prayer: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:26-29 ; 1 Kings 8:26-54 ; Acts 19:34 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Ecclesiastes 5:2 ; Ecclesiastes 5:3 ; Ecclesiastes 5:7 ; Matth...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 6:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. A FOURFOLD COMMAND 1. "Love your enemies." Th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Use not vain repetitions — To repeat any words without meaning them, is certainly a vain repetition. Therefore we should be extremely careful in al...

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.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 6:7