And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
And when thou prayest [ proseuchee (G4336 )], thou shalt - or, according to the preferable, reading, 'when ye pray х proseucheesthe (G4336)] ye shall'
Not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets (see the note at Matthew 6:2),
That they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have ... The standing posture in prayer was the ancient practice, alike in the Jewish and in the early Christian Church, as is well known to the learned. But of course this conspicuous posture opened the way for the ostentatious.