14 (A)For if you forgive [a]others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But (B)if you do not forgive [b]others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.

Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth (Mammon)

16 (C)Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [c]neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. (D)Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:14 Gr anthropoi
  2. Matthew 6:15 Gr anthropoi
  3. Matthew 6:16 Lit distort their faces, i.e. discolor their faces with makeup

14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.(A) 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.(B)

Fasting

16 “When you fast,(C) do not look somber(D) 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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