And when you pray, don't be like the pretenders who love to make a show of prayer. They put on their act in prominent places--street corners, even churches--anywhere they will be seen by human eyes. I'm telling you, whatever admiration they get from the crowds is all the reward they're going to get; God doesn't hear them because they're not really talking to God. But when you want to pray, go into your bedroom and shut the door. Talk to God as if every word you whisper is a secret. (If no one else can hear you, then you can be sure you're not trying to impress anyone.) Your Father, the only one who is with you when you are alone, will listen.
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