⁹ Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,^[a](A) so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.

⁸ Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol^[a] on your forehead.^[b](A)

¹⁸ “Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol^[a] on your foreheads.^[b]

How to Give

6 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness^[a] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

How to Pray

⁵ “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.^(A)

How to Fast

¹⁶ “Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces ^(A) so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.