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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST MATTHEW
CHAPTER 6
  7 But when ye pray, use not vain arepetitions, as the bheathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Footnotes
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Eccl. 5: 2.
  2 Be not arash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be bhasty to cutter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy dwords be few.
Alma 31: 20.
  20 For behold, every man did go forth and offer up these same aprayers.
3 Ne. 19: 24.
  24 And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus prayed unto the Father, he came unto his disciples, and behold, they did still continue, without ceasing, to pray unto him; and they did not amultiply many words, for it was given unto them what they should bpray, and they were filled with desire.
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