Matthew 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

Common English Bible

⁶ But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.

Matthew 6:6 Cross References

2 Kings 4:33

So he went in and closed the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Proverbs 25:22

for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.

Isaiah 26:20

Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.

Isaiah 65:24

Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear.

Matthew 14:23

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

Matthew 6:18

so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:4

so that your alms may be done in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

John 1:48

Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Acts 10:30

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.

Acts 10:9

About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Acts 9:40

Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

Romans 8:5

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:14

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,