[Footnote 4: Gr. _unto_ or _into_.] [Footnote 5: Gr. _Gehenna of fire_.] [Footnote 6: Some ancient authorities omit _deliver thee_.] [Footnote 7: Gr. _Gehenna_.] [Footnote 8: Or, _toward_.] [Footnote 9: Some ancient authorities read _But your speech shall be_.] [Footnote 10: Or, _evil_: as in ver. 39; 6:13.] [Footnote 11: Or, _evil_.] [Footnote 12: Gr. _impress_.] [Footnote 13: That is, _collectors or renters of Roman taxes_: and so elsewhere.] [Footnote 14: Some ancient authorities read _despairing of no man_.] [Footnote a: See further Mark 9:43-47; 10:11-12; Matt. 18:8-9; 19:9.] _4. The Practice of Real Righteousness unlike the Ostentatious Hypocrisy of the Pharisees, as in Almsgiving, Prayer, Fasting_ Matt. 6:1-18 1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father which is in heaven. 2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have 3 received their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left 4 hand know what thy right hand doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee. 5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They 6 have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret 7 shall recompense thee. And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their 8 much speaking. Be not therefore like unto them: for [1]your Father 9 knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed 10 by thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so 11 on earth. Give us this day [2]our daily bread. And forgive us our 12 debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into 13 temptation, but deliver us from [3]the evil _one_.[4] For if ye 14 forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also 15 forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their 17 reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy 18 face; that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father