² So He said to them, “When you pray, say:

⁶ But you, when you pray, ^(A)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you ^[a]openly. ⁷ And when you pray, ^(B)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. ^(C)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

⁸ “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father ^(D)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. ⁹ In this ^(E)manner, therefore, pray:

^14 (N)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But ^(O)if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Prayer for the Church

¹¹ Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)direct our way to you. ¹² And may the Lord make you increase and ^(B)abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, ¹³ so that He may establish ^(C)your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.