Matthew 6:5

Free Bible Version

When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand up and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people can see them. I promise you, they already have their reward.

Cross References

Psalm 5:2

Hear me pleading for help, my King and my God, because I'm praying to you.

Psalm 55:17

I weep and groan morning, noon, and night, and he listens to me.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifices of the wicked, but he loves the prayers of the good.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates the arrogant. You can be certain of this: the wicked won't go unpunished.

Isaiah 1:15

When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call for my help, you will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.

Daniel 6:10

When Daniel found out that the decree had been signed he went home to his upstairs room where he would pray three times a day, with the windows open facing Jerusalem. There he kneeled down, praying and thanking his God as he always did.

Matthew 21:22

You will receive everything you ask for in prayer, as long as you trust in God.”

Matthew 23:13

But what a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You slam shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves don't go in, yet you don't let anyone in who is trying to enter.

Matthew 23:5

Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear and long tassels on their clothes.

Matthew 23:6

They love to have the places of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues.

Matthew 6:1

“Make sure not to do your good deeds in front of people, just so they can be seen. Otherwise you won't have any reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, don't be like the hypocrites who put on sad faces and make themselves look terrible so that everyone can see they're fasting. I tell you the truth, they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:2

When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.

Matthew 9:38

Pray to the Lord of the harvest, and ask him to send more workers for his harvest.”

Mark 11:25

But when you're praying, if you have something against someone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your sins.”

Mark 12:38

Jesus continued to teach them, saying, “Beware of religious leaders! They love to walk around in long robes, to be greeted respectfully in the marketplaces.

Luke 11:43

Shame on you Pharisees! You love to have the best seats in the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect when you go to the markets.

Luke 18:1

Jesus told them this story to encourage them to pray at all times, and not to become discouraged.

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He wouldn't even look up to heaven. Instead he beat his chest and prayed, ‘God, please be merciful to me. I am a sinner.’

Luke 20:47

They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”

Luke 6:24

But how sad are you who are rich, for you have already received your reward.

John 16:24

Until now you haven't asked for anything in my name, so ask and you shall receive, and your happiness will be complete.

Ephesians 6:18

Always pray in the Spirit as you do all this. Stay awake and keep on praying for all God's people.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

never stop praying,

James 4:6

But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.”