Matthew 6:5-15 - The Sermon On The Mount: How To Pray

⁵ And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward. ⁶ But when thou mayest pray, enter into thy closet, and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly. ⁷ And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking. ⁸ Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.

⁹ Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed: ¹⁰ let thy kingdom come: let thy will be done, as in heaven, even so upon earth: ¹¹ give us this day our daily bread: ¹² and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors: ¹³ lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

¹⁴ For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you: ¹⁵ and if you do not forgive the people, your Father will not forgive you your trespasses.