August 17, 2026 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS

 

Matthew 6:6-15

⁶ But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. ⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ⁹ Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.^[a]
10 Your kingdom come,
your will be done,^[b]
    on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,^[c]
12 and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from evil.^[d]

¹⁴ For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, ¹⁵ but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
2. Matthew 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
3. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow
4. Matthew 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

Psalm 24:1-2

The King of Glory

A Psalm of David.

24 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,^[a]
    the world and those who dwell therein,
² for he has founded it upon the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it

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