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Chapter 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.
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| 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. |
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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: |
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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.
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| 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. |
