5. “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites! They love to stand up and pray in the houses of worship and on the street corners, so that everyone will see them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.
6. But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
7. “When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.
8. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him.
9. This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honoured;
10. may your Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
11. Give us today the food we need.
12. Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.
13. Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.’
14. “If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you.
15. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.
16. “And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full.
17. When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair,
18. so that others cannot know that you are fasting — only your Father, who is unseen, will know. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.
19. “Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.
20. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal.
21. For your heart will always be where your riches are.