6. When you pray, go into a room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private, and he will reward you.
7. When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.
8. Don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask.
9. You should pray like this:Our Father in heaven,help us to honouryour name.
10. Come and set upyour kingdom,so that everyone on earthwill obey you,as you are obeyedin heaven.
11. Give us our food for today.
12. Forgive us for doing wrong,as we forgive others.
13. Keep us from being temptedand protect us from evil.
14. If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
15. But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
16. When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.
17. Instead, comb your hair and wash your face.
18. Then others won't know that you are going without eating. But your Father sees what is done in private, and he will reward you.
19. Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.
20. Instead, store up your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and thieves cannot break in and steal them.