Take heed
that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen
of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven.
02 Therefore when thou
doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and
in the streets, that they may have glory of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
03 But when thou doest
alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth:
04 That thine alms may be
in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
himself shall reward thee openly.
05 And when thou prayest,
thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they
love to pray standing in the synagogues and in
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen
of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward.
06 But thou, when thou
prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou
hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is
in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret
shall reward thee openly.
07 But when ye pray, use
not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they
think that they shall be heard for their much
speaking.
08 Be not ye therefore like
unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye
have need of, before ye ask him.
09 After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our
daily bread.
12 And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men
their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast,
be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that they may
appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you,
They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou
fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not
unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret,
shall reward thee openly.
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19 Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal:
20 But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do
not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is
the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be
evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in thee be
darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto
you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more
than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the
air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought
for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin:
29 And yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so
clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not
much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What
shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?
32 (For after all these
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.
33 But seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no
thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof.
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