5 When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand up and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people can see them. I promise you, they already have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, go indoors and close the door, and pray to your Father in private, and your Father who sees what happens in private will reward you. 7 When you pray, don’t babble on meaninglessly like the foreigners do, who think they will be heard because of all the words they repeat. 8 Don’t be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask him. 9 So pray like this:
Our heavenly Father, may your name be honored. 10 May your kingdom come! May your will be carried out in earth as it is in heaven. 11 Please give to us today the food we need. 12 Forgive our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. 13 Please don’t let us give in to temptation,6:13. Or "Please don’t allow us to enter temptation." The sense here is permissive rather than causative. In other words the prayer is for God not to allow temptation to overcome us. He is not the one bringing the temptation. and save us from the evil one.
14 For if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don’t forgive those who sin against you, then your heavenly Father won’t forgive your sins.