Matthew 6:6-16

New International Version

⁶But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,^(A) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁷And when you pray, do not keep on babbling^(B) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.^(C) ⁸Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need^(D) before you ask him.

⁹“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father^(E) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰your kingdom^(F) come,
your will be done,^(G)
    on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹Give us today our daily bread.^(H)
¹²And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.^(I)
¹³And lead us not into temptation,^[a]^(J)
    but deliver us from the evil one.^[b]’^(K)

¹⁴For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.^(L) ¹⁵But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.^(M)

Fasting

¹⁶“When you fast,^(N) do not look somber^(O) as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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Footnotes

Matthew 6:13 The Greek for temptation can also mean testing.
Matthew 6:13 Or from evil; some late manuscripts one, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.