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Mat 6:32. Πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα, κ.τ.λ., for all these things, etc.) and nothing else.-τὰ ἔθνη, the gentiles) the heathen nations. The faithful ought to be free from the cares, not only of the covetous among the heathen, but of all heathens; many, however, in the present day fall short of the heathen in this matter.[294]-ἐπιζητεῖ, seek after) as though a difficult matter. This word is followed by the simple verb ζητεῖτε, seek ye,-οἶδε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος, for your Heavenly Father knoweth) An argument from the omniscience, the goodness, and the omnipotence of God.-ὑμῶν, your) sc. who is your Father in a pre-eminent degree in preference to the heathen.[295]
[294] In the original, “At multi hodie non eam, quam gentes, habent αὐτάρκειαν.” Bengel in Gnomon on ch. Mat 4:4 defines αὐτάρκεια as “Prœsens animi quies.” See p. 150 and f. n. 3.-(I. B.)
[295] In the original all this is expressed by two words, “præ ethnicis.”-(I. B.)