...you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. Matthew 1 7:1 9-2 1 WE& Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why were we not able...

...context in which this prayer is to be used: But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. (Matt. 6:6 NASU) Here Jesus makes no mention of any liturgical...

...secret: "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room [closet in the King James Version], close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you" (Matthew 6:6 NASB). My friend Carol Regehr recognized her need...

...when you fast, anoint your head, wash your face so that you may not be seen fasting by men, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret, will repay you (Matthew 6:16-18). Notice that Jesus did not say, "If you fast," but rather, when you fast,...

...you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you" (Matt. 6:3-4). At the same time, however, the mere presence of the book of Job in the Bible is sufficient...

...you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Matthew 6:1-4. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear...

...LUKE 18:1 Pray for those who persecute you. — MATT. 5:44 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.— MATT. 6:6 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles Jo. — MATT. 6:7-8 Pray...

...the kind of praying that we do when we are alone, following Jesus' admonition to "go to your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret" (Mt 6:6). This private communication between each of us and the Father has been the center of our attention,...

...slapped him," 26:67; cf. 27:30). He called for private prayer ("When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret," 6:6) and subsequently prayed in private ("He went up on the mountain by himself to pray," 14:23). Moreover,...

...at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. . . . But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret (fiv TW KpuTttco); and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And in praying do not heap up...