Mat 6:5-16 | ESV | STEP | And when you pray , you must not be like the hypocrites . For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners , that they may be seen by others . Truly , I say to you , they have received their reward .

Matthew 6:5-16

The Lord’s Prayer

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love ^ato stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. ^bTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, ^cgo into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ^dAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^ethe Gentiles do, for ^fthey think that they will be heard ^gfor their many words. 8 Do not be like them, ^hfor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 ⁱPray then like this:

^j“Our Father in heaven,
^khallowed be ^lyour name. ^{▼▼Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence}
10 ⁿYour kingdom come,
^oyour will be done, ^{▼▼Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done}
^qon earth as it is in heaven.
11 ^rGive us ^sthis day our daily bread, ^{▼▼Or our bread for tomorrow}
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And ^ulead us not into temptation,
but ^vdeliver us from ^wevil. ^{▼▼Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen}
14 ^yFor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 ^zbut if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting

16 “And ^aawhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^abTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.