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The Sermon on the Mount: How to Pray

5 And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand and[fn] pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, in order that they may be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full! 6 But whenever you pray, enter into your inner room and shut your door and[fn] pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 “But when you[fn] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard. 8 Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need[fn] before you ask him.

9 Therefore you pray in this way:“Our Father who is in heaven,
may your name be treated as holy.
10  may your will be done
- on earth as it is in heaven.

12  as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13  but deliver us from the evil one.[fn]

14 For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your sins.

6:5 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stand”) has been translated as a finite verb

6:6 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“shut”) has been translated as a finite verb

6:7 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“pray”) which is understood as temporal

6:8 Literally “of what you have need”

6:9 Or “evil”; most later Greek manuscripts add the phrase “for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, amen”

LEB by section MAT 6:5

The Sermon on the Mount: How to Pray