Matthew 6:8-18

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, [a] but deliver us from the evil one.[b]
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Fasting

16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Images for Matthew 6:8-18

Related Articles

Cross References 13

  • 1. ver 32
  • 2. Jeremiah 3:19; Malachi 2:10; 1 Peter 1:17
  • 3. S Matthew 3:2
  • 4. S Matthew 26:39
  • 5. Proverbs 30:8
  • 6. Matthew 18:21-35
  • 7. James 1:13
  • 8. S Matthew 5:37
  • 9. Matthew 18:21-35; Mark 11:25,26; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13
  • 10. Matthew 18:35
  • 11. Leviticus 16:29,31; Leviticus 23:27-32; Numbers 29:7
  • 12. Isaiah 58:5; Zechariah 7:5; Zechariah 8:19
  • 13. ver 4,6

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. The Greek for "temptation" can also mean "testing" .
  • [b]. Or "from evil" ; some late manuscripts "one," / "for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.