Matthew 6:8. Therefore, because these things are heathen; the temptation to adopt or retain heathen worship will arise.

For your Father, etc. Another and more important reason for avoiding such practices. Our prayers do not tell ‘our Father' of our needs, but simply confess our consciousness of them, and our trust that He can and will supply them. Both of these feelings must precede answer to prayer. Hence the reason holds good against vain repetitions, not against childlike petitions.

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