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Matthew 6:1–18

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Take heed that ye do not your ||alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward ||of your Father which is in heaven. 2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, ||do not asound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, bThey chave their reward. 3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself dshall reward thee openly.

5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, bThey have their reward. 6But thou, when thou prayest, eenter into thy fcloset, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret dshall reward thee openly. 7But when ye pray, guse not vain repetitions, as ggthe heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard hfor their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: ifor your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9After this manner therefore pray ye:

kOur Father which art in heaven, lHallowed be thy name. 10mThy kingdom come. nThy will be done in earth, oas it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our pdaily bread. 12And forgive us our qdebts, as we forgive our debtors. 13rAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us sfrom evil: tFor thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14uFor if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15wBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16Moreover xwhen ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, yof a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, bThey have their reward. 17But thou, when thou fastest, zanoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, dshall reward thee openly.

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Matthew 6:6: But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Footnotes

  1. ||[Or, righteousness. Deut. 24:13. Ps. 112:9. Dan. 4:27. 2 Cor. 9:9, 10]. Comp. Tobit 12:8, 9. & 14:11.
  2. ||Or, with. ch. 19:26, &c.
  3. ||Or, cause not a trumpet to be sounded.
  4. a1 Cor. 15:52. Rev. 8:6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13. & 9:1, 13. & 10:7. & 11:15. Comp. ch. 23:5. Rom. 12:8.
  5. bver. 15, 16.
  6. cLuke 6:24 (Gk.). Phil. 4:18. Philem. 15 (Gk.).
  7. dver. 6, 18. So Luke 14:14.
  8. bver. 15, 16.
  9. eSee 2 Kin. 4:33.
  10. fSo ch. 24:26 (Gk.). Luke 12:3, 24 (Gk.).
  11. dver. 6, 18. So Luke 14:14.
  12. gSo Eccles. 5:2.
  13. ggch. 18:17. Ecclus. 7:14.
  14. hComp. 1 Kings 18:26, 29.
  15. iver. 32.
  16. kTo ver. 13, Luke 11:2–4. See ch. 7:11.
  17. lIsai. 29:23. Comp. Ecclus. 36:4. 1 Pet. 3:15.
  18. mSee ch. 3:2.
  19. nch. 26:39, 42. Acts 21:14.
  20. pProv. 30:8 marg.
  21. qRom. 4:4. So ch. 18:21–35.
  22. rch. 26:41. Mark 14:38. Luke 22:40, 46.
  23. sRather as ch. 13:19, 38. John 17:15 (Gk.). 1 John 2:13, 14. & 3:12.
  24. tSee 1 Chr. 29:11. & 2 Chr. 20:6.
  25. wSee James 2:13.
  26. xComp. Isai. 58:5. See ch. 17:21.
  27. yLuke 24:17 (Gk.).
  28. bver. 15, 16.
  29. z2 Sam. 12:20. Dan. 10:3. See 2 Chr. 28:15.
  30. dver. 6, 18. So Luke 14:14.

Cross references

  1. oPs. 103:20, 21.
  2. uMark 11:25, 26. Eph. 4:32. Col. 3:13.