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11. "Therefore pray as one who knows; thus you should pray as follows:
12. "'My spirit, you exist within omnipotence.
13. "'May your name be holy.
14. "'May your kingdom incarnate itself within me.
15. "'May your power unfold itself within me, on Earth and in the heavens.
16. "'Give me today my daily bread, that I may recognize my wrongdoings and the truth.
17. "'And lead me not into temptation and confusion, but deliver me from error.
18. "'For yours is the kingdom within me and the power and the knowledge forever. Amen.
19. "When you pray to your spirit, it will give you what you request; have trust in this knowledge and you will receive.
20. "However, if you believe in the false teachings that the power and spirit do not dwell within you, then you will be without knowledge and will live in spiritual poverty.
21. "Now and then you will receive what you in your false belief request from misused sacred things, or from idols and gods; but you will receive only because of your strong false belief, without knowledge of the real truth.
22. "Truly, I say to you: Blessed are only those who serve the actual truth and knowledge, because only they receive in honesty.
23. "When you fast do not look sour like the hypocrites, for they put on pretentious faces, in order to shine with their fasting before the people.
24. "Truly, I say to you, they forfeit their reward, because they fast only for the sake of their selfish impression upon others.