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Matthew 5:48, 6:1-15
Be you therefore
perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect....Take heed that you do
not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not
have a reward of your Father who is in heaven. Therefore when thou dost an
almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you,
they have received their reward. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doth. That thy alms may be in secret, and thy
Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. And when ye pray, you shall not
be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners
of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have
received their reward. But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber,
and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who
seeth in secret will repay thee. And when you are praying, speak not much,
as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful
for you, before you ask him. Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. And
forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into
temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. For if you will forgive men their
offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. But if
you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
Prayers
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