Matthew 6:5
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The Lord's Prayer
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love (A)to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. (B)Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
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Matthew 6:2
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2 (A)“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may (B)be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have (C)received their reward.
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Luke 18:10-11
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10 “Two men (A)went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, (B)standing by himself, prayed[a] (C)thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
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- Luke 18:11 Or standing, prayed to himself
Mark 11:25
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25 And whenever (A)you stand praying, (B)forgive, (C)if you have anything against anyone, so that (D)your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”[a]
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- Mark 11:25 Some manuscripts add verse 26: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses
Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Luke 18:1
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought (A)always to pray and not (B)lose heart.
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Matthew 21:22
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22 And (A)whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, (B)if you have faith.”
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Jeremiah 29:12
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12 (A)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, (B)and I will hear you.
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(C)your hands are full of blood.
Luke 18:13
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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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Luke 14:12-14
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The Parable of the Great Banquet
12 He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give (A)a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers[a] or your relatives or rich neighbors, (B)lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, (C)invite (D)the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid (E)at (F)the resurrection of the just.”
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- Luke 14:12 Or your brothers and sisters
Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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Daniel 9:4-19
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4 I prayed to the Lord my God and (A)made confession, saying, (B)“O Lord, the (C)great and awesome God, who (D)keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 (E)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (F)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 (G)We have not listened to (H)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to (I)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, (J)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (K)those who are near and (L)those who are far away, in (M)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (N)the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (O)we have sinned against you. 9 (P)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 (Q)and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by (R)his servants the prophets. 11 (S)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (T)refusing to obey your voice. (U)And the curse and oath (V)that are written in the Law of (W)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (X)we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against (Y)our rulers who ruled us,[a] by (Z)bringing upon us a great calamity. (AA)For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 (AB)As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, (AC)turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 (AD)Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, (AE)for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and (AF)we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt (AG)with a mighty hand, and (AH)have made a name for yourself, as at this day, (AI)we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 “O Lord, (AJ)according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, (AK)your holy hill, (AL)because for our sins, and for (AM)the iniquities of our fathers, (AN)Jerusalem and your people have become (AO)a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,[b] (AP)make your face to shine upon (AQ)your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 (AR)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (AS)our desolations, and (AT)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (AU)Delay not, (AV)for your own sake, O my God, because (AW)your city and (AX)your people are called by your name.”
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- Daniel 9:12 Or our judges who judged us
- Daniel 9:17 Hebrew for the Lord's sake
Daniel 6:10
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10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where (A)he had windows in his upper chamber open (B)toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees (C)three times a day and prayed and (D)gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.
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Psalm 55:17
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17 (A)Evening and (B)morning and at (C)noon
I (D)utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Psalm 5:2
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James 5:15-16
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15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And (A)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, (B)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (C)that you may be healed. (D)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]
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- James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
James 4:6
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6 But (A)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (B)“God opposes the proud but (C)gives grace to the humble.”
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Colossians 4:2-3
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John 16:24
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24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. (A)Ask, and you will receive, (B)that your joy may be full.
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Luke 20:47
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47 (A)who devour widows' houses and (B)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
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Luke 11:43
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43 Woe to you Pharisees! For (A)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
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Mark 12:38
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Beware of the Scribes
38 (A)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
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Matthew 23:13
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13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]
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- Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation
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