Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse VI · §5

Not as the hypocrites

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And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. Matthew 6:5.

1771 text

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

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Catalogue & scope

Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.

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