Matthew 6
1TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
2Therefore when thou doest 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 to you, they have in full their reward.
3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;
4that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee.
5And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.
6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.
7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth.
11Give us this day our daily bread[6:11].
12And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.
13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil[6:13].
14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;
15but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.
17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
18that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light;
23but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness!
24No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.
25For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
26Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?
27And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature[6:27]?
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin;
29and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith?
31Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed?
32For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
33But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you.
34Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.