Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 6:8

"Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." — Matthew 6:8 (ASV)

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before you ask him.

He does not need to be informed, nor even to be persuaded.

Mere words are of no value in his ears. If you must use many words, ask them to lend you their ears, for they may have little else to do with them; but God cares not for words alone, it is the thought, the desire of the heart to which he always has regard.