Matthew 6
1 Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven.
But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens:
2 Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
3 But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
in order that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee openly.
5 And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
6 But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
But when thou mayest pray, enter into thy closet, and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly.
7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.
8 Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.
Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.
9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed:
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
let thy kingdom come: let thy will be done, as in heaven, even so upon earth:
11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
give us this day our daily bread:
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
and forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors:
13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
14 For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.
For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you:
15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.
and if you do not forgive the people, your Father will not forgive you your trespasses.
16 And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will repay thee.
in order that thou mayest not appear unto the people fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up to yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break through and steal:
21 For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
22 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome.
For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.
23 But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be!
If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.
24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat: and the body more than the raiment?
Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment?
26 Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they?
Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they?
27 And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature by one cubit?
And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence?
28 And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.
And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.
29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
But I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.
30 And if the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith?
But if God so clothed the verdure of the field, existing today and tomorrow cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?
31 Be not solicitous therefore, saying, What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
Therefore be not solicitous, saying, What can we eat? or what can we drink? or with what can we be clothed?
32 For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things.
33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
