Matthew 6:5-24
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5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
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11 Give us this day our daily bread.
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12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
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19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
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24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.