Matthew 6
Giving to the Needy
1“Beware of apracticing your righteousness before other people in order bto be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 c“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may dbe praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have ereceived their reward. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. fAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.The Lord’s Prayer
5“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love gto stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. hTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6But when you pray, igo into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. jAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 7“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as kthe Gentiles do, for lthey think that they will be heard mfor their many words. 8Do not be like them, nfor your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 oPray then like this: p“Our Father in heaven,qhallowed be ryour name. ▼
▼Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
10 tYour kingdom come,
uyour will be done, ▼
▼Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done
won earth as it is in heaven.
11 xGive us ythis day our daily bread, ▼
▼Or our bread for tomorrow
12and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And aalead us not into temptation,
but abdeliver us from acevil. ▼
▼Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen
14 aeFor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 afbut if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting
16“And agwhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ahTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17But when you fast, aianoint your head and wash your face, 18that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. ajAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 ak“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where almoth and rust ▼▼Or worm; also verse 20
destroy and where thieves anbreak in and steal, 20 aobut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 ap“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 aqbut if aryour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 as“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and atmoney. ▼▼Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions
Do Not Be Anxious
25 av“Therefore I tell you, awdo not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 axLook at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. ayAre you not of more value than they? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his azspan of life? ▼▼Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, bbeven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, bcO you of little faith? 31Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For bdthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and beyour heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33But bfseek first bgthe kingdom of God and his righteousness, bhand all these things will be added to you. 34 bi“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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