14. For if ye forgive men, &c.—See on Mt 6:12.

     15. But if ye forgive not, &c.—See on Mt 6:12.

     Fasting (Mt 6:16-18). Having concluded His supplementary directions on the subject of prayer with this Divine Pattern, our Lord now returns to the subject of Unostentatiousness in our deeds of righteousness, in order to give one more illustration of it, in the matter of fasting.