Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,[a](A) so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.

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  1. 13:9 Lit reminder between your eyes

This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand(A) and a reminder on your forehead(B) that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.(C)

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Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[a] on your forehead.[b](A)

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  1. 6:8 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
  2. 6:8 Lit symbol between your eyes

Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(A)

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18 “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol[a] on your foreheads.[b]

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  1. 11:18 Or phylactery; Mt 23:5
  2. 11:18 Lit symbol between your eyes; Ex 13:16; Dt 6:8

18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(A)

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How to Give

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[a] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

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  1. 6:1 Other mss read charitable giving

Giving to the Needy

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.(A) If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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How to Pray

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.(A)

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Prayer(A)

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing(B) in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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How to Fast

16 “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces (A) so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

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Fasting

16 “When you fast,(A) do not look somber(B) as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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