Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Ne leur ressemblez pas; car votre Père sait de quoi vous avez besoin, avant que vous le lui demandiez.
KJV
‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›
‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›
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