ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:5-7
SBL Greek New Testament
5 Καὶ ὅταν [a]προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί· ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, [b]ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἀμὴν λέγω [c]ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. 6 σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ, εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμεῖόν σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει [d]σοι.
7 Προσευχόμενοι δὲ μὴ βατταλογήσητε ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί, δοκοῦσιν γὰρ ὅτι ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ αὐτῶν εἰσακουσθήσονται·
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:5 προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς WH Treg NIV ] προσεύχῃ οὐκ ἔσῃ ὥσπερ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:5 ὅπως WH Treg NIV ] + ἂν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:5 ὑμῖν WH Treg NIV ] + ὅτι RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 6:6 σοι WH Treg NIV ] + ἐν τῷ φανερῷ RP
Matthew 6:5-7
New International Version
Prayer(A)
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing(B) in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,(C) who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(D) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(E)
Matthew 6:5-7
Good News Translation
Teaching about Prayer(A)
5 (B)“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 (C)“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.
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Matthew 6:5-13
J.B. Phillips New Testament
5-13 “And then, when you pray, don’t be like the play-actors. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at street-corners so that people may see them at it. Believe me, they have had all the reward they are going to get. But when you pray, go into your own room, shut your door and pray to your Father privately. Your Father who sees all private things will reward you. And when you pray don’t rattle off long prayers like the pagans who think they will be heard because they use so many words. Don’t be like them. After all, God, who is your Father, knows your needs before you ask him. Pray then like this—‘Our Heavenly Father, may your name be honoured; May your kingdom come, and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day the bread we need, Forgive us what we owe to you, as we have also forgiven those who owe anything to us. Keep us clear of temptation, and save us from evil’.”
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Matthew 6:5-7
The Voice
5 Likewise, when you pray, do not be as hypocrites who love to pray loudly at synagogue or on street corners—their concern is to be seen by men. They have already earned their reward. 6 When you pray, go into a private room, close the door, and pray unseen to your Father who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not go on and on, excessively and strangely like the outsiders; they think their verbosity will let them be heard by their deities.
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