Prayer
6 5—When you pray, do not be like those who want to be seen. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues or on street corners to be seen by everyone. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. 6When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is with you in secret; and your Father who sees what is kept secret will reward you.
7When you pray, do not use a lot of words, as the pagans do, for they hold that the more they say, the more chance they have of being heard. 8Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need, even before you ask him.
9This, then, is how you should pray:
Our Father in heaven,
holy be your name,
10your kingdom come
and your will be done,
 on earth as in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12Forgive us our debts
 just as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.
13Do not bring us to the test
but deliver us from the evil one.’
14—If you forgive others their wrongs, your Father in heaven will also forgive yours. 15If you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive you either.

THE CONCISE BIBLE
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