1. "Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.
2. Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
3. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4. so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
5. And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
6. But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
7. And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.
8. Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.
9. Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.
10. May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
11. Give us this day our life-sustaining bread.