The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 6
{6:1} "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before
men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father
who is in heaven. {6:2} Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't
sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most
assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward. {6:3} But when
you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right
hand does, {6:4} so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then
your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
{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. Most assuredly, I tell you,
they have received their reward. {6:6} But you, when you pray, enter
into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your
Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will
reward you openly. {6:7} In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as
the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much
speaking. {6:8} Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows
what things you need, before you ask him. {6:9} Pray like this: 'Our
Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. {6:10} Let your Kingdom
come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. {6:11} Give us
today our daily bread. {6:12} Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive
our debtors. {6:13} Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from
the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory
forever. Amen.'
{6:14} "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. {6:15} But if you don't forgive men
their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
{6:16} "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with
sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by
men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their
reward. {6:17} But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your
face; {6:18} so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by
your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret,
will reward you.
{6:19} "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where
moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
{6:20} but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and
steal; {6:21} for where your treasure is, there your heart will be
also.
{6:22} "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is
sound, your whole body will be full of light. {6:23} But if your eye
is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
{6:24} "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the
one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise
the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. {6:25} Therefore, I
tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what
you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life
more than food, and the body more than clothing? {6:26} See the birds
of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value
than they?
{6:27} "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the
measure of his life? {6:28} Why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil,
neither do they spin, {6:29} yet I tell you that even Solomon in all
his glory was not dressed like one of these. {6:30} But if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little
faith?
{6:31} "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?',
'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' {6:32} For
the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father
knows that you need all these things. {6:33} But seek first God's
Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to
you as well. {6:34} Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for
tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
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