Matthew 6
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. But when thou doest * alms,let * not thy left hand know * what thy right hand doeth * :
4. That thine alms may be * in secret: and thy Father which seeth * in secret himself shall reward * thee openly.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. But when ye pray * , use * not vain repetitions * , as the heathen do: for they think * that they shall be heard * for their much speaking.
8. Be * not ye * therefore like * unto them: for your Father knoweth * what things ye have * need of, before ye ask * him.
9. 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.
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.
