Genesis 4 Cain and Abel 4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this:
5En wanneer jy bid, moet jy nie wees soos die geveinsdes nie; want hulle hou daarvan om in die sinagoges en op die hoeke van die strate te staan en bid, om deur die mense gesien te word. Voorwaar Ek sê vir julle dat hulle hul loon weg het. 6Maar jy, wanneer jy bid, gaan in jou binnekamer, sluit jou deur en bid jou Vader wat in die verborgene is; en jou Vader wat in die verborgene sien, sal jou in die openbaar vergelde. 7En as julle bid, gebruik nie 'n ydele herhaling van woorde soos die heidene nie, want hulle dink dat hulle deur hul baie woorde verhoor sal word. 8Moet dan nie soos hulle word nie, want jul Vader weet wat julle nodig het voordat julle Hom vra. 9Só moet julle dan bid: Onse Vader wat in die hemele is, laat u Naam geheilig word;
Matthew 6v7&8 7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6 7En as julle bid, gebruik nie 'n ydele herhaling van woorde soos die heidene nie, want hulle dink dat hulle deur hul baie woorde verhoor sal word. 8Moet dan nie soos hulle word nie, want jul Vader weet wat julle nodig het voordat julle Hom vra.