14"In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can''t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others.n
15If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God''s part.o
Matthew 6 forms the heart of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, shifting from the Beatitudes and ethical teachings to the inner life of devotion. Jesus directly addresses three core practices of Jewish piety — giving, prayer, and fasting — warning against performing them for public approval. The chapter
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