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Matthew 6:1-15 CEV
(1) When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your Father in heaven. (2) When you give to the poor, don't blow a loud horn. That's what show-offs do in the meeting places and on the street corners, because they are always looking for praise. I can assure you that they already have their reward. (3) When you give to the poor, don't let anyone know about it. (4) Then your gift will be given in secret. Your Father knows what is done in secret, and he will reward you. (5) When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward. (6) When you pray, go into a room alone and close the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private, and he will reward you. (7) When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers. (8) Don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask. (9) You should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, help us to honor your name. (10) Come and set up your kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey you, as you are obeyed in heaven. (11) Give us our food for today. (12) Forgive us for doing wrong, as we forgive others. (13) Keep us from being tempted and protect us from evil. (14) If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. (15) But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6:1-15 BBE
(1) Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. (2) When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. (3) But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does: (4) So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. (5) And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. (6) But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. (7) And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words. (8) So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. (9) Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. (10) Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth. (11) Give us this day bread for our needs. (12) And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us. (13) And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One. (14) For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. (15) But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

Matthew 6:1-15 NWT
6 "Take good care not to practice YOUR righteousness in front of men in order to be observed by them; otherwise YOU will have no reward with YOUR Father who is in the heavens. 2 Hence when you go making gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, just as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 3 But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 that your gifts of mercy may be in secret; then your Father who is looking on in secret will repay you. 5 Also, when YOU pray, YOU must not be as the hypocrites; because they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the broad ways to be visible to men. Truly I say to YOU, They are having their reward in full. 6 You, however, when you pray, go into your private room and, after shutting your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; then your Father who looks on in secret will repay you. 7 But when praying, do not say the same things over and over again, just as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So, do not make yourselves like them, for God YOUR Father knows what things YOU are needing before ever YOU ask him. 9 "YOU must pray, then, this way: "'Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.' 14 "For if YOU forgive men their trespasses, YOUR heavenly Father will also forgive YOU; 15 whereas if YOU do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will YOUR Father forgive YOUR trespasses.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation