Matthew 6:6, part of the Sermon on the Mount, admonishes that the proper procedure for praying is not to do so in public, but in private. Matthew 6:5: "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men." If every word in the Bible is the literal truth, then prayer in public schools, or in any other public place, is in violation of biblical truth.