Jesus sums up how our relationship with God is displayed outward in three practices: giving to the needy, prayer, and fasting. However, what happens when the Why stops being about God, and starts being about us? Jesus calls this the Hypocrite way, or the Actor’s way. In this passage, Jesus challenges us to consider our motivations for why we do religion. Is it to glorify ourselves? Or has it always been to lift up others and lift up God?