14 “For if you forgive people their wrongdoing,[a] your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.(A) 15 But if you don’t forgive people,[b] your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.[c]

How to Fast

16 “Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive[d](B) so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:14 Or trespasses
  2. Matthew 6:15 Other mss add their wrongdoing
  3. Matthew 6:15 Or trespasses
  4. Matthew 6:16 Or unrecognizable, or disfigured

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