6 ⁵ 'Again, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; they love to say their prayers standing up in synagogue and at the street-corners, for everyone to see them. I tell you this: they have their reward already. 6 ⁶ But when you pray, go into a room by yourself, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is there in the secret place; and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. Some witnesses add: openly.

6 ⁷ 'In your prayers do not go babbling on like the heathen, who imagine that the more they say the more likely they are to be heard. 6 ⁸ Do not imitate them. Your Father knows what your needs are before you ask him.

6 ⁹ 'This is how you should pray:

"Our Father in heaven,
Thy name be hallowed,
6 ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as in heaven.
6 ¹¹ Give us today our daily bread. Or: our bread for the morrow.
6 ¹² Forgive us the wrong we have done,
As we have forgiven those who have wronged us.
6 ¹³ And do not bring us to the test,
But save us from the evil one." Or: from evil. Some witnesses add: For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.

6 ¹⁴ For if you forgive others the wrongs they have done, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 6 ¹⁵ but if you do not forgive others, then the wrongs you have done will not be forgiven by your Father.


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