Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
006:003 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
006:004 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father
who sees in secret will reward you openly.
006:005 "When you pray, you 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 by men.
Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
006:006 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber,
and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret,
and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
006:007 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do;
for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
006:008 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things
you need, before you ask him.
006:009 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name
be kept holy.
006:010 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven,
so on earth.
006:011 Give us today our daily bread.
006:012 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
006:013 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
Amen.{NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power,
and the glory forever. Amen."}'
006:014 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.
006:015 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses.
006:016 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites,
with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they
may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you,
they have received their reward.
006:017 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
006:018 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your
Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret,
will reward you.
006:019 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth
and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
006:020 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break
through and steal;
006:021 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
006:022 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound,
your whole body will be full of light.
006:023 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great
is the darkness!
006:024 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one
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