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 by 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 no 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 today
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.
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