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Chapter 6
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1
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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
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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
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth: |
4
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That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which
seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. |
5
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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
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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
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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
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. |
9
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After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. |
10
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Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it
is in heaven. |
11
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Give us this day our daily bread. |
12
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. |
13
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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
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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you: |
15
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But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your trespasses. |
16
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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
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and
wash thy face; |
18
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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
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Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through
and steal: |
20
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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
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also. |
22
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine
eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. |
23
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto
his stature? |
28
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And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin: |
29
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And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these. |
30
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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
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Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed? |
32
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of
all these things. |
33
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you. |
34
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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. |
