Mt 6:5-8

Teaching About Prayer. 5“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. 7^* In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.^* 8Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.