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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.
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 certainly I
tell you, they
have received their
reward.
3 But when you
do merciful deeds, don’t
let your left
hand know what
your right hand
does,
4 so that
your merciful deeds may
be in secret,
then your Father
who sees in
secret will reward
you openly.
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 certainly,
I tell you,
they have received
their reward.
6 But you, when
you pray, enter
into your inner
room, and having
shut your door,
pray to your
Father who is
in secret; and
your Father
who sees in
secret will reward
you openly.
7 In praying, don’t
use vain repetitions as
the Gentiles do;
for they think
that they will
be heard for
their much speaking.
8 Therefore don’t
be like them,
for your Father
knows what
things you need
before you ask
him.
9 Pray like this:
“ ‘Our Father
in heaven, may
your name be kept
holy.
10 Let your Kingdom
come.
Let your will
be done on
earth as it
is in heaven.
11 Give us
today our daily bread.
12 Forgive us our
debts,
as we
also forgive our
debtors.
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.’
14 “For if
you forgive men
their trespasses,
your heavenly
Father will
also forgive you.
15 But if
you don’t forgive
men their
trespasses, neither
will your
Father forgive your
trespasses.
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
certainly I tell
you, they
have received their
reward.
17 But you, when
you fast, anoint
your head and
wash your face,
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.
19 “Don’t lay up
treasures for
yourselves on
the earth, where
moth and
rust consume, and
where thieves
break through
and steal;
20 but lay up
for yourselves
treasures in
heaven, where
neither moth nor
rust consume, and
where thieves don’t
break through
and steal;
21 for where your
treasure is,
there your heart
will be also.
22 “The lamp of
the body is
the eye. If
therefore your
eye is sound,
your whole body
will be full
of light.
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!
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.
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?
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?
27 “Which of you
by being anxious,
can add
one moment
to his lifespan?
28 Why are you
anxious about
clothing? Consider
the lilies of
the field, how
they grow. They don’t
toil, neither do
they spin,
29 yet I tell
you that even
Solomon in all
his glory was
not dressed like
one of these.
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?
31 “Therefore don’t be
anxious, saying, ‘What
will we eat?’,
‘What will we
drink?’ or, ‘With
what will we
be clothed?’
32 For the
Gentiles seek
after all these
things; for your
heavenly Father
knows that you
need all these
things.
33 But seek first
God’s Kingdom and
his righteousness;
and all these
things will be
given to you
as well.
34 Therefore don’t
be anxious
for tomorrow, for tomorrow
will be anxious
for itself. Each
day’s own evil
is sufficient.